Press Releases
Duckworth, Durbin Applaud Nomination of April Perry to be Federal District Court Judge in the Northern District of Illinois
[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—today released the following statement after the White House announced its intent to nominate April Perry to be a Federal District Court Judge in the Northern District of Illinois: “We are pleased that President Biden is nominating April Perry to be a Federal District Court Judge in the Northern District of Illinois. She brings strong … Continue Reading
April 23, 2024
Duckworth Again Votes to Pass Bipartisan National Security Supplemental Package That Will Help Bolster American Readiness and Support American Allies and Partners
[WASHGINTON, D.C.] - Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees—issued the following statement after the Senate voted 79-18 to send the bipartisan national security aid package providing additional support for our partners and allies and strengthening American military readiness to the President’s desk for his signature: “After months of needless delay by House Republicans that only served to … Continue Reading
April 23, 2024
Duckworth, Connolly Lead 176 Members of Congress in Push to Ensure Federal Workers’ Health Insurance Carriers Cover IVF Treatment and Medication
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) led 176 of their colleagues in urging the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to help ensure all insurance carriers in the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program—the largest employer-sponsored health insurance plan in the world —cover IVF medical treatments and medications in plan year 2025. “For plan year 2024, OPM succeeded in providing Federal employees with 24 FEHB plan … Continue Reading
April 23, 2024
Duckworth, Durbin Join Baldwin in Calling Out USPS Leadership for Unsustainable Price Hikes and Poor Service
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - As Americans learn of another postal rate increase that will see Forever stamps cost 73 cents each, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Rob Wyden (D-OR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Peter Welch (D-VT) in pushing for change at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to protect the jobs, businesses and Americans who rely on the Postal Service. In a letter to the USPS Board … Continue Reading
April 22, 2024
Duckworth, Durbin Attend Groundbreaking Ceremony for Improvements at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 3
[CHICAGO, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today attended the groundbreaking ceremony for O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 3 improvements project. Roughly 45 percent of the $300 million Terminal 3 project will be financed through two Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Airport Terminal Program (ATP) grants totaling $90 million, which Durbin and Duckworth helped secure; a 2023 grant of $50 million and a 2024 grant of $40 million. … Continue Reading
April 22, 2024
On Earth Day, Environmental Justice Caucus Co-Founders & Co-Chairs Duckworth, Carper and Booker Celebrate Caucus’s 5th Birthday, Urge Additional Funding for Environmental Justice Initiatives
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - On the fifth birthday of the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, which was founded on Earth Day in 2019, the Caucus’s co-founders and co-chairs U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tom Carper (D-DE)—Chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW)—and Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement commemorating this historic milestone and announced a new effort to support President Biden’s Justice40 initiative aimed at helping address … Continue Reading
April 22, 2024
On Earth Day, Duckworth Discusses Environmental Justice Issues with Blacks in Green Leadership on Chicago’s South Side
[CHICAGO, IL] - On Earth Day, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—co-founder and co-chair of the Senate’s first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus—met with leadership from the Blacks in Green (BIG) organization on Chicago’s South Side to discuss the importance of advancing environmental justice, promoting health equity and building a greener, more sustainable economy for all Illinoisans. During her visit, Duckworth toured BIG’s signature Sustainable Square Mile, which is a forward-thinking … Continue Reading
April 22, 2024
Duckworth Touts $2.3 Million in Federal Funding She Secured for Green Era Campus
[CHICAGO, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today visited Green Era Campus in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood to highlight and discuss the $2,367,000 she secured through a Fiscal Year 2024 Congressionally Directed Spending Request for the South Side nonprofit. The funding Duckworth requested and successfully secured will help Green Era transform 9 acres of brownfields in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood into a center for organics recycling, green energy and jobs as well as fresh … Continue Reading
April 19, 2024
Duckworth Applauds Biden Administration Decision to Sell E15 Gasoline During Summer Driving Season, Helping Cut Cost of Gas For Working Families
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today released the following statement in response the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s announcement that the U.S. will temporarily allow the sale of E15 gasoline during the driving season this summer to help lower costs for working Americans while providing a cleaner, more affordable option at the pump: “I’m glad President Biden heeded our call to help lower prices at the pump for working families by allowing for the sale … Continue Reading
April 18, 2024
Duckworth, Cardin, Merkley, Booker, Van Hollen Introduce Resolution to Tackle Toxic Lead Exposure
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Chair of Subcommittee on the Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy, Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced the introduction of a resolution calling on the United States to invest in ending toxic lead … Continue Reading
April 18, 2024
Duckworth, Durbin Introduce Bill to Conduct Special Resources Study on Cahokia Mounds
[WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture Study Act to require the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct a Special Resources Study (SRS) on Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site and its satellite sites. Durbin and Duckworth have long pushed for Cahokia Mounds to receive a National Historical Site designation from NPS, but in a congressional hearing last Congress, NPS indicated that a SRS must … Continue Reading
April 18, 2024
Duckworth, Booker Reintroduce Legislation to Improve Disaster Response and Recovery Plans in Prisons
[WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) today re-introduced legislation that would ensure prison disaster response and recovery plans protect the health, safety and civil rights of incarcerated individuals during natural disasters and public health emergencies. The Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act would require the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide an annual damage assessment report after a presidential disaster declaration, require the … Continue Reading
April 18, 2024
Duckworth Meets with Illinois National Guard Leaders
[WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee—met with the Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard (ILNG) Major General Richard Neely, ILNG Assistant Adjutant General & Air Commander Brigadier General Daniel McDonough as well as other ILNG leaders to discuss the ongoing challenges facing the Illinois National Guard as our nation continues to face multiple threats and global security challenges overseas. Among other … Continue Reading
April 17, 2024
Duckworth: We Need to Judge Boeing by What It Does, Not By What It Says
[WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator and pilot Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Chair of the CST Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation—sharply criticized Boeing’s repeated bad behaviors relating to the 737 MAX program, outlining several examples of the aerospace giant failing to live up to its claim that it prioritizes safety above all else. During today’s CST hearing on the Federal Aviation … Continue Reading
April 16, 2024
Duckworth Meets with Illinois Hospital Leaders
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today met with hospital leaders from across Illinois to discuss the federal support needed to ensure availability of quality care for all Illinoisans. Duckworth and the leaders also discussed strengthening and supporting the healthcare workforce, as well as ensuring healthcare facilities across the state can continue to provide necessary care without having to worry about the rising cost of prescription drugs. A photo from the meeting is … Continue Reading
April 12, 2024
Following Green Energy-Focused Visit in Europe, Duckworth Discusses Future Waste Reduction Energy Production Technology in Rockford
[ROCKFORD, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today met with Rockford government and labor leaders to discuss a proposed waste-to-energy facility in Rockford. This meeting follows Duckworth’s official visit to Sweden and The Netherlands earlier this year where she met with industry and government leaders who are pioneering clean waste-to-energy technology, learning more about this technology and how it can be replicated in Illinois. As a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations … Continue Reading
April 12, 2024
Duckworth Highlights Recent Federal Funding She Secured for Rockford Schools
[ROCKFORD, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today met with leaders from Rockford Public Schools (RPS), Rockford University (RU) and Rock Valley College (RVC) to discuss recent federal support—including for projects she helped secure—for the Rockford-area schools. In last month’s government funding bills, Duckworth secured $300,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) for RPS to fund its initiative with RU for high school students interested in pursuing a career in education to … Continue Reading
April 11, 2024
Duckworth, Capito Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Promote Accessibility at Amtrak Stations Across the Country
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)—both members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST)—introduced bipartisan legislation to help break down unnecessary barriers that Americans with disabilities continue to experience at Amtrak rail stations across the country. Building on Duckworth’s All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) Act, which became law as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and is … Continue Reading
April 10, 2024
Duckworth Secures Support from Defense Secretary Austin on Her Proposal to Improve Access to Quality Patient Care for Servicemembers and Their Families in the Indo-Pacific
[WASHINGTON, DC] - Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)—secured support from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin for a proposal she plans to push strongly to be included in the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) aimed at improving DoD medical readiness and ensuring servicemembers and their families have access to … Continue Reading
April 10, 2024
Duckworth Meets with Diaper Bank Advocates, Underscores Efforts to Pass Her Bill to End Diaper Need for Low-Income Families Nationwide
[WASHINGTON, DC] - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) met with diaper bank leaders and advocates—including members of the National Diaper Bank Network and Cradles to Crayons Founder & CEO Lynn Margherio—to discuss her efforts to help make it easier for low-income families to afford the diapers that they need for their children. In her meetings, Duckworth highlighted that she was able to successfully secure $20 million in the final fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations … Continue Reading
