Tammy DuckworthCont verificat

This week, I wrote to @EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler demanding an explanation for the agency’s odd personnel decision and an update on the report’s timeline. https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/18.10.22%20-%20LettertoEPAWheelerNationalLeadPoisoningPreventionWeek.pdf …

The Administration is long overdue in upholding its promise to address the lead crisis, and they must also provide transparency as to why they pushed out a renowned leader in children’s environmental health.

This highly-respected pediatrician and epidemiologist is exactly the type of non-partisan career official that Americans deserve on the job working to protect their public health.

And now there are reports that the @EPA may have sidelined a renowned children’s health official who was working on that report, at taxpayer expense, in order to delay or prevent its release.

More than a year after the Trump Administration held a “lead summit” and created a task force focused on developing a strategy to address our nation’s lead crisis, they still haven’t released their report on lead poisoning.https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1052582536893861888 …

Now as much as ever, protecting the integrity of our water & waterways is critical, so let’s recommit to fighting for access to clean & safe drinking water for all.

For 46 years, the #CleanWaterAct has helped restore & protect the Great Lakes & all of our nation’s rivers, lakes & coastal waters as spaces for recreation, critical habitats for wildlife & economic development.

Policies like #PaidLeave and my bipartisan #FAMact help working families across the country.

Proud to be included in @TIME’s 50 most influential people in healthcare list. I’ll keep working for policies that support working mothers because helping them isn’t just a women’s issue or a health issue, it’s an economic issue too.https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1052918500409438209 …

That’s why I’m joining @SenatorDurbin, @SenatorTomUdall & 8 of my colleagues in seeking a full accounting of any financial ties between the Trump Organization and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1052649731594362880 …

Yesterday, Donald Trump said he had “no financial interests in Saudi Arabia.” But according to public reports, the Trump Organization does.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1052186219696803841 …

Honored to be featured in this three part series on Women and Power. I talked about being a parent, being the first female commander of my unit and how motherhood makes me a stronger advocate in the Senate.https://twitter.com/intelligencer/status/1052534967694225408 …

The bipartisan Small Business Enhancement Act I introduced with @SenatorDurbin @SenJohnKennedy passed the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and will help them expand their business operations, reduce costs and create jobs.

When our Veterans return home from service, they deserve our full support in their transition into civilian life, and that includes supporting efforts to build and manage a small business. Our nation should be doing much more to help our Veterans

And if Saudi Arabia involvement in this tragedy is confirmed (as seems incredibly likely), the United States must immediately reevaluate the nature and extent of our relationship with this regime.