Tammy Duckworth

Efforts to delay, weaken or eliminate the ozone standard are justified by supporters as necessary to save money. However, there are expenses associated with taking care of sick kids.

As a mother, I believe that safeguarding communities against public health issues like smog and pollution must remain a top priority.

My concern is compounded by the fact that the current Administration's budget cuts 30 percent of the EPA's budget and that millions of Americans with preexisting conditions may face higher health care costs if Trump Care passed in the…

That is why I was troubled to learn that President Trump's budget blueprint does eliminate TIGER programs.

The sooner you can get them through, the better. As I said, this is holding up the commerce of the entire nation, not just the Chicago area or Illinois.

More than anything else, States and municipalities count on multi-year authorization to provide communities with the certainty needed to plan effectively.

We are quite anxious. People all across Illinois are; I have heard from them, and they would like to keep the dollars in the FastLane grant program.

Under the bipartisan framework of the FAST Act, the FastLane grant program was created to advance projects of regional and national significance.

Thanks to the determined bipartisan leadership of this Committee, Congress passed the FAST Act in 2015.

Can we expect more cuts to transportation programs? Or will the budget more closely reflect the promise the President made to invest in infrastructure?

I do think it is very important to move this forward so we can have some sort of plan in place.

I believe Congress must prioritize the effective management and protection of these resources, the river system.

It is why I and many other Great Lakes stakeholders are deeply disappointed and surprised by the Army Corps' decision to indefinitely delay the release of this critical plan.

I was very interested in reviewing the findings of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam Study.

Will you pledge that the Corps will work closely with my office, Senator Durbin and the Illinois delegation to complete the project on schedule?

I think in a perfect world, Congress should not have to act, and airlines would treat all travelers with dignity and respect.

I don't see improved training of anyone, especially your baggage handlers.

Individuals with disabilities are people, too, and I have seen wounded warriors on flights to Miracles on a Mountainside being manhandled off of flights.

I'm not asking you to come up with special--you know, extra handling systems.

The incident aboard Flight 3411 was embarrassing and reprehensible

I'm just very concerned that the White House is ratcheting up rhetoric but has not come to the House or the Senate or the members of Congress with a real plan on what they want to do.

I wish the White House would actually care more about getting stuff done instead of just coming out with rhetoric and tweets.

Well, I think that that's the one place where he seems like he's willing to initiate military action. My concern is that he's moving forward without any real plan and that anything that he does will be much more kneejerk.

If they really wanted to get something done, they should come to us and talk about a new authorization for use of military force. They should come to us and talk about what their next steps are.

I seriously felt like I could have gotten all that information by reading a newspaper. I did not see any new information coming out of that briefing at all. It felt more like a dog and pony show to me than anything else.