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Tammy Duckworth

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Tammy Duckworth is a United States Senator from Illinois, serving since January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. Duckworth is a veteran of the Iraq War, where she became the first female double amputee from the conflict, an experience that has shaped her advocacy for veterans and military families. She has been a strong proponent of healthcare reform, women's rights, and disability rights throughout her political career.

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May 3, 2025

I'm campaigning for the American people. I'm campaigning for my constituencies.

cbsnews.com
May 3, 2025

The Democratic Party should be listening to the industrial Midwest more.

cbsnews.com
May 3, 2025

We can, if Republicans will stop, you know, rolling over for this President. We can actually rescue this program.

cbsnews.com
May 3, 2025

This man is completely unqualified to be Secretary of Defense, and needs to be fired because he's putting our nation's military readiness at stake.

cbsnews.com
May 3, 2025

He should never have been nominated in the first place. He is the most untrained, inadequate, Secretary of Defense in our nation's history.

cbsnews.com
May 3, 2025

There's no way he can do that and do it well, especially since there's such incompetence over at DOD.

cbsnews.com
Mar 31, 2025

They don't have the well-being of the American people at their heart. What I would love to hear from the Senator from New Jersey is, would you agree that what we should be doing right now is not attacking farmers and cutting commodity…

govinfo.gov
Mar 5, 2025

Take it from VA staff on the frontlines: Trump and Elon Musk are actively undermining the Veterans Crisis Line and hurting our heroes whose lives literally depend on it.

cnn.com
Feb 27, 2025

At a minimum, we need to know why this sudden reduction was necessary, what type of work these employees were doing, and what kind of analysis FAA conducted.

nbcnews.com
Feb 20, 2025

Otherwise, it’s all just lip service from a known liar.

msnbc.com
Feb 20, 2025

Trump’s toothless executive order does nothing to expand access to IVF. In fact, he’s the reason IVF is at risk in the first place.

msnbc.com
Feb 20, 2025

Trump’s 'toothless' executive order does nothing to expand access to IVF.

msnbc.com
Feb 19, 2025

We know predatory actors will always be looking for opportunities to scam our Veterans, service members and their families from the benefits they have earned and deserve.

nbcnews.com
Feb 19, 2025

I think that you’re going to see these predators redouble their efforts.

nbcnews.com
Feb 19, 2025

Once you enlist in the military, they know you’re going to have that job for four years or six years, and then they can just garner your salary.

nbcnews.com
Feb 19, 2025

These short-sighted actions leave service members and Veterans — who are among the likeliest group to be targeted for financial crimes — vulnerable to fraud and abuse.

nbcnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

Trump’s executive order does nothing to expand access to IVF. But if he’s actually serious about delivering on his campaign promise, he can prove it by calling on Republicans to back my Right to IVF Act. Otherwise, it’s all just lip…

motherjones.com
Feb 18, 2025

Sean Duffy... pledged to support the legislation that was passed that would make air travel more accessible.

motherjones.com
Feb 18, 2025

Sean Duffy has pledged to support the legislation that was passed that would make air travel more accessible.

motherjones.com
Feb 18, 2025

Sean Duffy had pledged to support the legislation that was passed that would make air travel more accessible.

motherjones.com
Feb 18, 2025

At a minimum, we need to know why this sudden reduction was necessary, what type of work these employees were doing, and what kind of analysis FAA conducted — if any — to ensure this would not adversely impact safety, increase flight…

nbcnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

Sean Duffy... had pledged to support the legislation that was passed that would make air travel more accessible.

motherjones.com
Feb 18, 2025

When the public gets information on how often assistive devices are broken, it will force them to actually handle wheelchairs better.

motherjones.com
Feb 11, 2025

Ask Susan Collins. She put some of those on the Supreme Court.

alternet.org
Feb 11, 2025

It's not good for anybody. It's not good for the country.

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