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.
Well, you know, your internal memo identified that one patient had an insurance copay raised, up to a 50 percent increase, to $16,000. And others have copays ranging from $1,000 to $6,000.
When I took over at the beginning of this year, we froze all price increases.
Can you confirm that before Turing owned Daraprim, it was widely available, covered by most insurance, and affordable, before you owned it?
I feel strongly that this Congress has--and previous Congresses has seriously done you a disservice by asking you to live up to an operational tempo, but not providing you the resources that you need.
Turning our backs on people who are being persecuted and killed, betrays our Nation's deeply-held values and ideals and weakens national security by helping ISIL recruit a new generation of terrorists through anti-American propaganda.
I strongly believe that we must do everything in our power to protect our country, but we can do it without devolving into demagoguery and focusing on imaginary problems.
This important bipartisan legislation included very important provisions that consolidated service transportation programs and mandated the use of performance management measures.
Would their funding be affected? Because here is the thing that I am worried about, right: Illinois is a State that is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Last week, I was proud to join 358 of my colleagues in the House to pass the FAST Act, which authorizes approximately $300 billion to be invested in Federal highway and public transportation projects over the next 5 years.
But I would agree more funding, as we had proposed in the GROW AMERICA Act, is needed.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I will have to rely on your expertise since I was not here when MAP-21 was passed.
Most importantly, this bipartisan act addressed my three transportation policy priorities, it provides States and industry with a certainty, it strengthens public safety, and invests in innovative, multimodal transit solutions.
So once you have completed your part on the rules, how long do the states have to establish the--I mean how long do you have after you have established performance measures for the states to implement their targets?
the lack of investment in our infrastructure is something that is actually hurting our economy.
I think that it is vital that we get this right, and the AUMF is part of that.
It's literally one of the reasons why I ran for office because I sat in those meetings every week at the Pentagon.
I have been a member of the leadership at VA. In fact, my frustration with this very issue is one of the reasons that I quit VA in 2011 to go run for Congress.
We know that short of putting people in bunkers and never allowing them outside of embassy compounds, we're going to have some sort of a threat to our diplomatic personnel security.
I believe that the procedure that the State Department had for these types of incidents was to actually hold what are called Emergency Action Committee hearings on the ground immediately.
I find that the Department of Defense Quadrennial Review is really good at instilling culture throughout the Department.
never once in our committee hearing did I hear him malign the work that was done in that ARB
I didn't think this committee should have been formed in the first place, but if it was going to be formed, the least we could do would be to actually focus on the four brave Americans who were killed, why they were killed, and focus on…





