Press Releases

July 06, 2023

Key Duckworth Provisions in New National Defense Bill Would Support Hundreds of Illinois Jobs

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years and is a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), secured several important provisions in the committee-passed Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will support and benefit Illinois. Some of Duckworth’s Illinois priorities included by the committee include supporting school districts near military bases to receive Impact … Continue Reading


July 04, 2023

On Anniversary of Highland Park Shooting, Duckworth Honors Victims at Remembrance Ceremony and Community Walk

[HIGHLAND PARK, IL] - On the one-year anniversary of the Fourth of July mass shooting, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) returned to Highland Park to join with community members and leaders for a remembrance ceremony and community walk. Today’s ceremony honored the memory of the seven lives lost, followed by a walk with community members along the 2022 parade route. Duckworth today joined leaders including U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), … Continue Reading


June 29, 2023

Duckworth Reacts to Supreme Court Decision Ending Affirmative Action in Higher Education

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court’s misguided decision to end affirmative action in the college admissions process: “For decades, affirmative action helped chip away at systemic barriers and discrimination against students of color in our education system’s college admissions process. Let’s be clear: colorblindness has never been a true friend of fairness—it ignores our history and perpetuates … Continue Reading


June 29, 2023

Duckworth, Murray Announce A New Resolution Condemning Republican Efforts to Undermine Reproductive, Gender-Affirming & Contraceptive Care

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - As Republicans continue their push for legislation that severely limits basic healthcare for women and LGBTQIA+ Americans in states across the country, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) announced the introduction of a resolution that would condemn these misguided, dangerous attempts to criminalize the full range of sexual and reproductive healthcare including abortion, gender-affirming care and contraceptive care. The resolution also … Continue Reading


June 28, 2023

Ahead of President Biden’s Address in Chicago, Duckworth Reinforces Democrats’ Commitment to Working Families

[CHICAGO, IL] - U. S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today joined President Joe Biden to highlight the President and Democrats' legislative successes to bring down costs and to help support working families. Thanks to investments from legislative accomplishments that Duckworth voted for like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, the American Rescue Plan, the CHIPS and Science Act and more, Illinois and our entire nation is seeing our economy grow. Duckworth spoke … Continue Reading


June 26, 2023

Duckworth, Durbin Announce $45 Million to Help Ensure Chicagoland’s Public Transit Works for Everyone

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced the Chicagoland region will receive $45 million in U.S. Department of Transportation funds to make public transportation systems more efficient, ADA accessible and environmentally friendly. Today's investment includes $25 million for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to help install electric bus charging equipment at the 95th Street Terminal, as well as infrastructure to support an electric bike … Continue Reading


June 26, 2023

Duckworth Delivers Commencement Speech at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Graduation Ceremony

[BETHESDA, MD] - Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) delivered the commencement address for advanced medical degree graduates at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's 2023 National Capital Consortium graduation ceremony. The graduation ceremony celebrated more than 200 military medical graduates, honoring their commitment and service to the United States. After Duckworth's helicopter was hit by an RPG while deployed in Iraq, she spent the next year recovering at … Continue Reading


June 26, 2023

Duckworth, Durbin Announce $1 Billion in Federal Funding for Affordable, Reliable High-Speed Internet Infrastructure in Illinois

[CHICAGO, IL] - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that Illinois will receive $1,040,420,751 in federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. This funding will help to deploy affordable, reliable high-speed internet infrastructure to help close the digital divide across Illinois. Today's announcement is part of more than $42 billion announced nationwide to expand high-speed … Continue Reading


June 26, 2023

Duckworth, Durbin Announce $36.7 Million in Funding for Illinois Transit Systems from Department of Transportation’s Low-No and Buses and Bus Facilities Grant Programs

[CHICAGO, IL] - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced $36,709,423 in grant funding awarded to Illinois transit systems by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) through the Low-No and Buses and Bus Facilities Grant Programs. Duckworth and Durbin also secured $1 million in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) in the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Omnibus Appropriations Act for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for a new pilot program … Continue Reading


June 23, 2023

Duckworth Provision to Expand Reproductive Care, Help Servicemembers Start and Grow Families Included in NDAA

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years and is a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), secured several important provisions in the committee-passed Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will support our servicemembers, enhance strategic partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, improve logistics to bolster readiness and energy resiliency and continue to restore … Continue Reading


June 23, 2023

Duckworth, Durbin Help Introduce Bill to Repeal the Firearm Industry’s Legal Liability Shield

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA)-along with 76 other members of Congress-in reintroducing the bicameral Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act, legislation to ensure that victims of gun violence have their day in court and that negligent firearm companies and sellers are not … Continue Reading


June 23, 2023

Duckworth Marks One Year of Post-Roe America, Reinforces Commitment to Protecting Reproductive Rights

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped millions of women of their right to access the reproductive care they deserve, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement: "One year after the Supreme Court's disastrous Dobbs decision, I remain just as outraged and horrified by Republicans' barbaric, relentless efforts to strip Americans of their … Continue Reading


June 23, 2023

One Year After Dobbs: Duckworth Joins Warren, Health Care Providers in Releasing Report on How Republican Efforts to Limit Abortion Care Threaten Women’s Health

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] -Nearly one year after the Supreme Court ruled to ignore 50 years of precedent and overturn Roe v. Wade, stripping away the constitutional right to abortion, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Maria Cantwell in releasing a new report: One Year Without Roe: Health Care Providers Speak Out on Criminalized Care and Compounding Confusion. The 14-page report-based on … Continue Reading


June 23, 2023

Duckworth, Durbin Join Sente Dem Caucus to Introduce Resolition Recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined their Senate Democratic Caucus colleagues to introduce a Senate resolution recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month. The Senators' resolution highlights the contributions LGBTQ+ Americans have made to our country, notes several major milestones in the fight for equal treatment of LGBTQ+ Americans, and resolves to continue efforts to achieve … Continue Reading


June 22, 2023

Senate Passes Duckworth, Durbin Resolition Marking One Year Anniversary of July 4th Mass Shooting in Highland Park

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), expressing the condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the victims on the first anniversary of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022. Specifically, the Senators' resolution: Expresses sincere condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of … Continue Reading


June 21, 2023

Duckworth, Durbin Legislation Receive Positive Testimony at Senate Hearing

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today commended the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for holding a hearing on two of their bills, the 1908 Springfield Race Riot National Monument Act and the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, and Roberts Temple National Historic Site Act. Today's hearing brings these pieces of legislation closer to becoming law and preserving two critically important moments in American history as national … Continue Reading


June 21, 2023

During Pride Month, Duckworth & Durbin Join Merkley, Baldwin, Booker to Introduce the Equality Act

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Despite significant steps forward, LGBTQ+ Americans around the country are facing an uptick in discrimination and dangerous state-sponsored legislation. To combat these hateful actions, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) to introduce the bicameral Equality Act. The Equality Act is historic, … Continue Reading


June 21, 2023

Ahead of Dobbs Anniversary, Duckworth Joins Murray, Schumer, Senate Democratic Women to Announce Floor Action on Commonsense Bills to Protect Women’s Fundamental Freedoms

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and seven of her Democratic women colleagues to mark the upcoming one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped reproductive healthcare freedom from 22 million women and counting. Since the Dobbs decision, 14 states have passed total bans on abortion, … Continue Reading


June 20, 2023

Duckworth Blasts Republican Effort to Strip Servicemembers of Their Reproductive Rights in Upcoming NDAA

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth-member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years-condemned Republican efforts to overturn an existing Department of Defense policy that allows servicemembers to seek the care they need and protects their reproductive rights. On the Senate floor, Duckworth delivered an impassioned speech underscoring how this Republican endeavor would hurt military readiness and … Continue Reading


June 17, 2023

In Southern Illinois, Duckworth Commemorates Juneteenth

[CARBONDALE, IL] - Ahead of Monday's Juneteenth holiday, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) celebrated and honored the holiday in Carbondale today. Duckworth began the day with a breakfast hosted by Carbondale Mayor Carolin Harvey at the African American Museum of Southern Illinois, where the Senator emphasized her commitment to policies that prioritize justice, health and equity for Black communities. Duckworth specifically discussed her work to address the maternal mortality crisis and … Continue Reading

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