Today, Senator Duckworth spoke at an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing about the important role the EPA Region 5 office plays in ensuring safe, clean water for the people of Illinois.
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined a number of Veterans serving in Congress, as well as several advocates for Veterans, including Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Servi...
Senator Duckworth spoke about the need to protect children from lead poisoning and the importance of investing in broadband and infrastructure improvements in Illinois during a hearing of the Senat...
During her questioning of Governor Perry, Duckworth shares how her military service in Iraq taught her about the danger of our country’s dependence on foreign oil -- and how increasing production o...
In part 2 of EPA nominee Scott Pruitt's confirmation hearing, Senator Duckworth pressed Pruitt, to commit to opposing any proposal to move the RFS point of obligation from refiners to blenders, whi...
In part 1 of EPA nominee Scott Pruitt's confirmation hearing, Duckworth questions Pruitt over his previous positions and contradictory statements about the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Senator Duckworth shared the story of 2,000 steelworkers who were laid off in Granite City, Illinois, because of unfair trade practices like illegal steel dumping & discussed the need to crack down...
At a Senate hearing, Senator Duckworth questioned several workers who have been employed or are currently employed by Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder’s fast food corporation and listened to t...
The unexpected and tragic attacks on Pearl Harbor that occurred 75 years ago today--a date that even now still lives in infamy--triggered America to go to war. As a result of the unprovoked attacks...
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) today challenged EpiPen distributor Mylan Pharmaceutical’s CEO Heather Bresch to explain her company’s outrageous price increases for their EpiPen auto-injecto...
The torrential rains that hit Louisiana over the last few weeks have been described as a one-in-a-thousand-year event. Some areas received as much as two feet of water during the rains, with river ...
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) today questioned several pharmaceutical executives over their companies’ decisions to rapidly and needlessly raise prices—sometimes by as mu...
Millions of people visit the Capitol every year. Our interns get to know it pretty well. In this video, our intern Evan shows you one of his favorite spots in Statutory Hall.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) spoke at a press conference today to call for additional tools to better protect members of the military and their fam...
Millions of people visit the Capitol every year. Our interns get to know the Capitol pretty well. In this video Emma shows you her favorite spot in the Capitol--the Crypt.
On June 11, Rep. Duckworth delivered a speech criticizing the majority for funding the defense budget with $38 billion through the Overseas Contingency Account (OCO), which is supposed to be used f...
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth’s (IL-08) amendment striking language delaying protections for Service Members from predatory lending passed the Armed Services Committee 32-30 and is now included in ...
Yesterday, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) delivered remarks during debate of H.J. Res 43, a joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in adopting the Repro...
At the 2016 NDAA markup, Rep. Duckworth spoke out against the restriction of biofuels at the Department of Defense. Having served as assistant operations officer for a helicopter task force in Iraq...
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) offered an amendment to protect residents of the District of Columbia from facing retribution from their employer for using infertility treatments. The amendme...
The 2015 U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Annual Report on duplication in government spending found that a provision in the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act offered by Congresswom...
February 26, 2015: Rep. Duckworth speaks with CLTV Politics Tonight’s Paul Lisnek about the SAV Act and funding for the Department of Homeland Security.