Tammy DuckworthCont verificat

Now that Donald Trump has shut down the government, Speaker Ryan should schedule a vote on the Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act ASAP. It passed the Senate yesterday — and it will at least give federal workers the peace of mind they’ll be paid when this ridiculous shutdown ends

To my GOP colleagues, let’s not punish the American taxpayers by going further down this road. We already passed a bipartisan bill to fund the government. Let’s change course before it’s too late.

That would be $5 billion of OUR taxpayer dollars that wouldn’t get spent on improving our infrastructure & making childcare more affordable. On helping more students attend college or making pre-k universal. Or on the VA backlog, GI benefits or on taking care of our Veterans....

Trump wants to shut down the government right before Xmas unless Congress agrees to waste $5 billion of American tax dollars on something he promised Mexico would pay for.

If Donald Trump shuts down the government, it could hurt our economy, cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and deprive hundreds of thousands of federal employees of their paychecks at Xmas time. Congressional Republicans must change course before it’s too late.

Kurdish forces have been one of our most effective & reliable allies in an unstable region. They served alongside our military combating ISIL & have always answered our calls for assistance. Allowing @realDonaldTrump to betray them would empower our enemies & weaken our friends.

Congress should use its power to check this President, defend our alliances and hold our adversaries accountable when Donald Trump refuses to.

Secretary Mattis should testify before Congress and answer questions about the alarming contents of his resignation letter.

When I was a teenager, my dad lost his job and my family relied on food stamps to survive. This unilateral and unjustified move by the Trump Administration won't help anyone escape poverty. It puts vulnerable Americans, including thousands of Veterans, at risk of going hungry.https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1075783383836450817 …

Today, I’m thinking about Rosa Parks and how her courage inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, which ended on this day in 1956. Her refusal to accept injustice 62 years ago was critical to advancing civil rights and inspires countless still, there’s more to do.

BREAKING: The House just passed our bipartisan legislation to help Veterans transition back into civilian life & start their own small businesses. I am proud to have worked with @SenatorDurbin & @SenJohnKennedy to send it to the President’s desk to be signed into law.