Press Releases
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
June 16, 2023
Duckworth Joins Markey, Hirono in Re-Introducing Legislation to Codify Right to Contraception, Safeguard 60 Years of Settled Precedent
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) in re-introducing the Right to Contraception Act, legislation that would codify and strengthen the right to contraception-which the Supreme Court first recognized more than half a century ago in its Griswold v. Connecticut decision. Enshrining the right to contraception into federal law would reverse efforts already made by Republicans in states across the country to … Continue Reading
June 16, 2023
After Securing More Than $18 Million in Federal Funding, Duckworth, Durbin Break Ground on Southern Illinois Multimodal Station
[CARBONDALE, IL] - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined Amtrak and local leaders to break ground on the Southern Illinois Multimodal Station (SIMMS). Duckworth and Durbin helped secure a total of $18.3 million in federal funding for this project and have been long-time champions of the project. Photos from today's event are available here. "Projects like the Southern Illinois Multimodal Station are great examples of the multiplying effect federal resources … Continue Reading
June 16, 2023
Ahead of Dobbs Decision Anniversary, Duckworth Reinforces Commitment to Protecting Reproductive Rights
[CARBONDALE, IL] - Nearly one year after the disastrous Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today visited Southern Illinois's CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health to learn more about the clinic's work. CHOICES, an abortion service provider, is one of the closest clinics for Americans in states across the South where abortion has been banned after last year's Supreme Court ruling. With Illinois as a leader in protecting the … Continue Reading
June 16, 2023
Duckworth Visits Sesser to Discuss $750,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending Secured for Water Infrastructure Improvements
[SESSER, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today visited Sesser to meet with the city's leadership and discuss the $750,000 she secured through a Fiscal Year 2022 Congressionally Directed Spending Request for City of Sesser for the rehabilitation of its sanitary sewer collection system. The funding Duckworth secured will be used to update and renovate the City's severely outdated sewer collection system, addressing a vital public health threat. In 2014, the Illinois Environmental … Continue Reading