Tammy Duckworth

This legislation won't solve those challenges but 5475 will give a little peace of mind knowing that a newborn will get some extra help from the VA.

I know what it is like to be the parent of a little baby who needed intensive medical care for an extended period.

That is why I introduced H.R. 5475. This legislation extends the authorization of care from 7 to 14 days.

I voted no yesterday, and it was a tough no vote for me because I simply have a lot of questions.

At a time when federal budgets are tight, it is really appropriate to consider all potential savings to the government, but I would argue that perhaps the best place to start is not legitimate local funding sources for critical health care…

Illinois ranks 49th in federal return of all tax dollars. We only receive 56 cents back to Illinois for each dollar our taxpayers send to Washington.

The Medicaid Program is a lifeline for the most vulnerable, low income and disabled population in Illinois.

According to the OIG, bank employees have not been implicated in any of the 70 instances in which fraud was referred to prosecution.

In short, the Bank is critical to small businesses, manufacturers and job creators in my district and all over the United States.

Ex-Im Bank is a job creator and it plays a critical role in the economy in my home State of Illinois.

The question is what processes does the organization have in place to ensure that bad actors are caught and held accountable.

I share your concern with Tiversa's very predatory practices, and I think we should look more into it.

The whole range of options are still open.

There have been no decisions made about this case as of right now.

This is not an unusual amount of time for an investigation like this.

Accusations that the department has prematurely closed its investigations are false.

One of our principal responsibilities here as Members of Congress and especially in this committee is to conduct rigorous oversight of defense programs and policies.

On the portion of the OCO request that provides provision for Syria, a few things stood out to me.

That NSN number, there is a real backlog there for businesses trying to get those numbers.

I have small businesses in my district that are still struggling.

I wasn't here then. I'm here now, and my focus is moving forward.

These are the same folks who voted to cut funding to the State Department.

So I understand the tension between making sure our embassies are accessible to the host-nation citizens who want to do business with the United States, as well as to allow our embassy personnel to do the jobs that they need to do, but…

We had our own Senator, a great Senator, Daniel Inouye had his Medal of Honor downgraded to a Silver Star simply because of his race.

Some of those decisions may have been not necessarily based on the actual facts of how these men served.