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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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Apr 27, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 28; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

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Apr 20, 2021

from police reform to anti-Asian hate crimes, Americans across the Nation are pushing, pulling, and tugging with all their might to make sure that the United States lives up to our founding ideals of equality and justice for all. At the…

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Mar 29, 2021

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.

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Mar 29, 2021

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

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Mar 29, 2021

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

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Mar 29, 2021

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

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Mar 29, 2021

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

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Mar 23, 2021

I want to again express my appreciation for Chairman Carper, for his commitment to work with me as we move through the floor to integrate and refine provisions, to strengthen programs that help support full lead service line replacement in…

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Mar 23, 2021

I have to say, thank you first and foremost, Mr. Chairman, to you, and also to Senator Cardin for allowing me to lead this bill.

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Mar 23, 2021

It is so important to my home State, where we are home to 25 percent of the lead water lines in the entire Nation.

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Mar 18, 2021

We absolutely need to look at any type of white supremacists that are still members of the military, and how they’re being targeted for recruitment by white supremacist groups, and we need to weed this out.

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Mar 18, 2021

Public officials must step up and say this is not acceptable, because when you have Members of Congress who say that this is acceptable, then you are just allowing the hate speech to continue.

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Mar 18, 2021

Well, I`m flabbergasted that there would be those no votes. But unfortunately, in this day and age, I`m not surprised. It`s sickening.

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Mar 18, 2021

Words matter, and I am deeply disappointed in these officials for what they're doing.

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Mar 18, 2021

I do see it as a hate crime, and this is part of the issue is that hate crimes against Asian-Americans are severely underrepresented.

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Mar 18, 2021

I'm so glad that President Biden did what he could to try to reset the tone and to acknowledge that.

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Mar 18, 2021

What are you going to do, Mr. President, and all elected officials to protect the Asian-American community?

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Mar 18, 2021

Not only should this racist be fired, we need an independent investigation to find out if his racism influences his performance on the job to protect and serve all of Cherokee County. Action must be taken. The only way we root out racism…

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Mar 17, 2021

Blaming the AAPI community for a public health crisis is racist and wrong.

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Mar 17, 2021

There is nothing, nothing we can say today that will piece back together the shattered lives of the victims' loved ones.

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Mar 17, 2021

I hope that all Americans will speak up against such hatred towards their neighbors.

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Mar 17, 2021

Families have had rocks thrown at them. Nurses have been spit on.

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Mar 16, 2021

I urge the Small Business Administration to simplify this process, because so many of my businesses are finding the process extremely onerous.

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Mar 16, 2021

As President Biden said last week, we are emerging from a dark winter to a hopeful spring and summer, but we have to keep our foot on the gas and take nothing for granted.

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Mar 5, 2021

Thank you, Georgia. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). The majority leader. ____________________

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