Tammy Duckworth: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman.”

For many Illinoisans in rural communities, health care was already too expensive and too hard to get—and then came the Medicaid cuts.

Our sailors and Marines signed up to serve and to be treated with respect. They did not sign up to be kept at sea indefinitely with no announced return date and, by multiple accounts, without reliable food, hot water, or working plumbing.

The grants you terminated would have assisted in the deployment of these technologies and created hundreds of jobs.

Servicemembers must have confidence that their sacrifices will be honored, not used against them or to target their loved ones.