Tammy Duckworth

Our nation's infrastructure is crumbling.

The President's budget proposal is a net negative for infrastructure investment, cutting nearly $150 billion from critical programs over the next decade.

Instead of creating jobs that boost local, regional, and national economies by rebuilding our roads, bridges, and water systems, President Trump and congressional Republicans made the conscious decision to prioritize eliminating health…

I intend to object to proceeding to the nomination of Steven Gill Bradbury, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of Transportation. ____________________

I have no confidence that you are capable of carrying out that critical role.

Your willingness to aid and abet torture demonstrates a failure of moral and professional character.

Your role in crafting the torture memos... should disqualify you for future government service.

I too am worried about tax reforms for small businesses, to make sure that they also get a part of any type of an effort

My bottom line is simple: the renewable fuel standard is a win-win. It creates good jobs in Illinois, across the Midwest, all around the Country, and it helps to cut our Nation's dangerous dependence on foreign oil and reducing greenhouse…

I am a proud cosponsor of the bipartisan Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act because it will solve this regulatory burden without weakening the Clean Air Act.

My problem is that the Trump administration cuts the budget to have those staff on the ground.

But that obviously failed in Michigan, and obviously it did not work.

How would you be able to do your job?

What goals will you set, and what areas do you think would demand your attention?

The additional time is necessary to ensure that airlines will be able to submit timely and accurate data on which consumers, including passengers with disabilities, can rely when making their purchasing decisions while the Department…

So why did the Administration feel the need to issue a new letter?

Will you commit to providing all congressional offices, not just Republicans, with timely responses to requests for information?

I am deeply troubled that the White House recently ordered Federal agencies to disregard requests for information from congressional Democrats.

Oversight of the Executive Branch should not be a partisan issue.

I truly believe that Congress has a constitutional obligation to ensure that taxpayers' dollars are spent wisely.

I strongly oppose any proposal to privatize the FAA--the airspace, excuse me.

We're not Canada. We're not Great Britain. The FAA successfully manages the busiest and most complex airspace in the entire world.

If Congress was willing to provide FAA with funding certainty, then the FAA could plan better, speed up NextGen implementation.

As the Chief Operating Officer of the Department, will you protect career civil servants who are doing important scientific research from political interference and politically motivated budget cuts?

My concerns only increased when subsequent reports emerged that the Secretary of Energy was actively working to manipulate DOE's research efforts to produce studies that advance a non-scientific partisan agenda.