Tammy Duckworth

We must increase funding available to SBIC participants.

There is a mismatch today between the banking laws and the small business laws.

I know that our Chairman, Senator Cardin, is working on this very program with President Biden.

My top priorities to assist small businesses are to increase access to capital and to double down on proven in-demand programs that already work.

I do hope that we get 10 Republicans. That’s the best case scenario. But that’s not to say that there can’t be a Benghazi style commission even without the Republican votes. There’s no reason why we can’t continue to investigate what…

I was proud to introduce the bipartisan Gyms Act with Senator Moran.

Thank you for having this hearing. Administrator Guzman, as has been discussed today, millions of small businesses are struggling.

One of the things that we haven't discussed here is the fact that these types of initiatives actually help people with disabilities significantly by creating an interconnected rail-pedestrian transportation infrastructure network.

This is unacceptable, and we must do more to address this problem.

Step one is recognizing transportation inequity. Step two is investing in infrastructure that helps bring communities together, rather than keeping them apart.

I agree with much that has been said this morning about the historic underinvestment in communities of color and low income areas across the United States, both urban and rural.

I am re-introducing my bipartisan TIFIA for Airports Act with Senator Cornyn.

I plan to introduce my All Stations Accessibility Program Act to help target accessibility opportunities across legacy transit and commuter rail systems.

Do you agree with me that overcoming accessibility inequities requires targeted investment and commitment by transportation officials to address these challenges, sooner rather than later?

For the information of Senators, members attending the joint session of Congress should gather in the Senate Chamber at 8:15 p.m. to proceed as a body to the Hall of the House for President Joe Biden's address. ____________________

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:10 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at 10 a.m…

As one of the co-founders of the Senate's first ever Environmental Justice Caucus, along with Senator Carper, I am committed to working with you to strengthen our tools to achieve restorative justice for long neglected communities.

I was particularly outraged to learn that the Trump administration delayed communicating potential health risks to Illinois residents who lived near ethylene oxide emitting facilities.

Do you agree with me that our efforts to build back better would be dramatically enhanced with the help of an effective, accurate, and continuously updated Federal environmental justice screening tool?

Just to close, I have a little bit of time left, could you explain how passing the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, along with implementing the American Jobs Plan, would put our Nation on a critical path toward eliminating…

I would rather have milestones base that becomes from some sort of an agreement that we have with our allies.

One of the best things we can do is to end and repeal the AUMF that have been abused since 2001, 2002, 2003.

I think that H.R.1 is incredibly important.

I would support getting rid of the filibuster to pass H.R.1.

Well, they were not rowdy patriots. My office was actually -- the window is absolutely shattered. One of my offices is right next to where the insurrectionists broke in.