Tammy Duckworth: “Eliminating these standards is not cutting red tape; it is cutting the safeguards that help our nation’s most vulnerable…”

Today’s news is devastating for the 2,500 skilled union workers impacted by the closure of the Tyson plant in Joslin, especially at a time when American families are struggling with the rising cost of living.

“Donald Trump has repeatedly used the Presidency to enrich himself and leave taxpayers with the bill—and it has to stop,”

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.

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.