Tammy Duckworth

This is why AFA supports Senator Duckworth's legislation, the Emergency Vacating Aircraft Cabin (EVAC) Act.

If we really wanted to support families in this country, we would have universal childcare, we would have paid family leave, and we would certainly have universal pre-K.

Is the disability community satisfied with the current level of accessibility at our Nation's airports? Do you think more needs to be done in terms of elevators, ramps, accessible restrooms, that kind of thing?

We certainly test the safety of automobiles with crash test dummies to simulate babies in car seats and people with disabilities, so I am certain that you can introduce human analogous dummies into the process.

I could not disagree with you more on the 1,500-hour rule. And to quote Captain Sully Sullenberger, it would be like saying that we don't have enough medical doctors, so let's just cut down a number of years of medical school from 4 to 2…

They are my legs. My wheelchair are my legs. Imagine if a regular passenger had their legs broken on a flight and had to wait weeks or months.

So, we need to take into consideration there are different issues that can be brought into the simulation of whether or not an aircraft can be evacuated in that amount of time.

I want to start by talking about consumer safety.

Senator Baldwin and I introduced the Emergency Vacating of the Aircraft Cabin Act, the EVAC Act, to require the FAA to establish evacuation standards.

I am deeply concerned about the impact that action will have on residents and local businesses.

I know I would have many unhappy constituents if I supported any legislation that made air travel more expensive and less affordable.

Disabled passengers deserve to travel not just safely, but they deserve to travel with dignity.

I would hope that our ambassador to ASEAN is given all the tools he needs to do the job and I do not think he has all the resources that he needs.

Can you also elaborate more--you touched on this--how the economic initiatives in the budget include both newer initiatives such as Outcompete China and the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment?

I thank you for your efforts to make this a reality and look forward to engaging more to support our ongoing progress towards this goal.

The bottom line is that what happened in East Palestine could have just easily happened in Illinois.

Over my objection, as well as that of Senator Durbin and others among the Illinois Congressional delegation, the Surface Transportation Board recently approved a merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.

Do you think pennies for a dollar is effective deterrent for a multibillion-dollar company like Norfolk Southern?

To say that rail safety is important to our State would be an understatement.

The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan support last Congress.

I support Phil Washington because I feel like he is not going to go along with a group think of everything is OK.

I know how critical it is to conduct outreach to young women while they are still in school.

I find it incredibly frustrating that only 2.6 percent of aviation mechanics in the United States are women.

We just aren't making the kind of progress that we need.

ALPA was proud to not only fight for the Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIAAB) as part of the last FAA bill, but also to serve on the Board.