The bill steers funding to Corps districts to create these work plans and prospective budgets, adding more transparency to Corps budgeting activities.
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.
America's Water Infrastructure Act is an important and thoughtful effort to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
This important legislation promotes investment in low carbon technology infrastructure and research in emerging, innovative low carbon technologies.
These emerging technologies will not only help combat climate change, but will enhance our economy, advance new industries, and create new American jobs.
The Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies Act is a significant step forward in the fight against climate change.
I've reached out to Tammy Duckworth from Illinois as a new mom and a veteran. I'm waiting to hear back from her. But I really would like to see some positive changes happening for my daughter, I really would.
Thank you for your letter dated April 4, 2018, to Secretary Benjamin S. Carson Sr.
Reducing carbon emissions will not only combat climate change, it holds the potential to strengthen our economy.
Climate change is a grave threat to our national security, economic security, and environmental health.
Despite repeated announcements by Facebook suggesting that your company will remedy this disturbing practice...
We need to remain at the forefront of the supercomputing capability on a global scale.
For many Americans, Democrats and Republicans alike, that is music to our ears and especially to mine.
I really am pleased that you cleared the air by reassuring the Midwest that anything we hear suggesting that you, personally, are retreating from the RFS... is simply not true.
The tax bill made corporate rates permanent, but rates for hardworking families will expire in just a few years.
The President and Republicans in Congress set aside $1.5 trillion to spend on their tax proposal, but didn't put aside a single penny for infrastructure.
The President has analyzed that Congress has failed to set the stage for any meaningful investments in our aging infrastructure.