Tammy Duckworth: “It's a sad day for our nation, I fear for the military. I fear for our national security.”

I’m proud I was able to successfully deliver this federal funding for such a transformational organization, and I’m even prouder to see this investment in action today.

From the beginning, we’ve advocated for a plan that allowed Concourses D and E to be constructed together early in the project—a plan that would prioritize O’Hare’s growth on a steady but practical timeline.

This situation was preventable, and the conditions aboard the Lincoln are nearly identical to the issues faced by the USS Ford when it conducted an extended deployment that ended earlier this year.

We demand that you immediately rescind these cancelations and ensure that the funding Congress appropriates to AHRQ is invested in health research in accordance with the law.