duckworth: identity.t was a great project and mostly i reached out and what happened was over the years that one of the nurses there in charge of the emergency room had come up to me and said i know who you are. like for five months of me being wounded and he said, you were talking to me and you came through my emergency room and i just wanted to know what you did and he gave me a ring and i was able to track down the medevac medic in the medevac helicopter and he put me in touch with others and then it ended up being a little facebook group in the hospital unit where there were all in statistics is called a snowball sampling because it's going downhill getting bigger and bigger. it started with two and then three and then before long i was in touch with all sorts of in some instances, they were all reaching out there autonomy to each other and became this really big and huge for the others because many of them never saw like how they treated in baghdad that enough the patients died or survived or what. s

duckworth: id did.as mostly that i reached out and what happened was over the years that when i was at the walter reed recovery, the person in charge of the emergency room would came up to me and said i know who you are, this was like four or five months and be wounded and he said, you came through my emergency room and i wanted to know what you did and he gave me his name. and i was able to track down the medevac panic in the medevac helicopter and then he put me in touch with others. in into debt being a little bit of a facebook group in the hospital unit where they are all in statistics is called lowball sampling of because of growing downhill getting bigger and bigger growing downhill on a snowball. and before long, i had been in some in-service everybody's reaching out and they all talk to each other. it became a really huge as well for the others because many of them never saw once they treated you in baghdad would happen to the patients, they didn't know if they died or survived or what. so for m

duckworth really isn't your name and your husband's name. i say no.a duckworth and have been here since the revolution so the past year has been really hard on the aap i community. and then to be the target of hate crimes that is exploding because the president of the united states was using hate speech he was calling it the kung fu virus and blaming the chinese but not saying the people's republic of china and those who were committing hate crimes has been traumatic for the aap i community and then over 3000 caseses is reported hate crime and we know most hate crimes have been recorded as anything other than a hate crime. >> if you got the chance to reopen your book and say anything more with that issue would you add anything quick. >> i would spend more time thinking about when it matters it's all that mattered and then part of the helicopter crew if you are black or white or asian orr hispanic. >> we are all a bag of skittles. that's why i love the army. with the halfbreed asian girl. it only mattered if i could shoot straight or could carry it or

duckworth is not your name. that is your husband's name. no. i am a duckworth. i have been here since the revolution. this past year was really hard on the a api community. it is always been here but now to be the target of hate crimes part of it because the president of the united states was using hate speech the president was saying the country virus and blaming the chinese for the virus but not saying the people's republic of china but the chinese the chinese-americans so they were committing hate crimes against them has been really dramatic for the aapi community it grew over 160 percent and we know most hate crimes against aapi are reported. it is reported anything other than a hate crime. host: i do wonder if you got the chance to reopen your book what we are seeing now is there anything more how you would address the otherness issue? >> maybe a little more time talking about how it when it mattered. in my helicopter that day i talk at length about the shootdown as part of the helicopter crew it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor or black or white. i'v

duckworth is not your name that your husband's name. know i am a duckworth we've been here since the revolution. so this past year has been really hard because now to be the target of hate crimes that is just exploding and part of that is because the president of the s united states is using hate speech like the kung fu virus and blaming the chinese for the virus but not saying the public repeat on —- public republic of china. matt has been very traumatic like over 150 percent over 3000 cases are reported hate crimes and most are never reported. word you add anything? >> and the identity of america. and then to talk at length at the shootdown and talk about the helicopter crew if you're black or white or asian there is one flavor of skittle we are all skittles and we are all americans. that's why i left the army or just a little halfbreed asian girl. and whether or not i could tear the mold. and probably would've spent more time on that and with that meritocracy. >> . >> and when you talk about the shootdown and another new york times i

where led to have tammy duckworth join us. for service in our country. she is here to talk about the u.s. national security in the into pacific which is near and dear to our heart as well. the senator could tackle any issue that is thrown at her as evidenced by the comments made about her diverse committee assignments in the senate. as a member of the senate, she is passionate about building a clean energy future. i look forward to hearing her views on the challenges on climate change as well as the into pacific. i will pass it to me not to get us started -- mina to get us started. >> i am honored to be speaking with you today. you are a war hero, you have broken through so many glass ceilings. it is terrific to have you here. thank you. you are obviously in the middle of both infrastructures. thank you for taking the time to join us today. >> it is a pleasure to be here. you're going to see me mute on oh and off -- on and off. we are in the middle of votes. it is every pleasure to get to be here. >> the topic of this is the into pacific and your trip th

>> no, i'm a duckworth been here about of the revolution. the past year was and really hard on the aapi community. that otherness has always been with us, but now to be the target of hate crimes it's exploding and part of it because the president of the united states was using hate speech. donald trump was saying things like the kung-flu virus and blaming the chinese for the virus and not saying the people's republic of china, but the chinese. so people were coming up to chinese-americans and creating hate crimes. it's been traumatic for the aapi community. eight crimes have risen over 157% in the cities and over 3,000 recorded eight crimes against aapi. most are not reporting, but reported as mugging, vandalism, theft. anything other than a hate crime. >> and your answer might be nothing, but i wonder if you got the chance to reopen your book now in terms of what we're seeing in terms of bias crime, even more, how you address the otherness issue. would you add anything? >> i think i would spend more time talking about how-- when it really m

senate and nbc, tammy duckworth is pregnant, the first senator to give birth and office.topher: yeah, we saw that first hand with the trump administration where there was no homage paid all the women on staff and all the women who were so public in communications and we saw this firsthand when a local new york paper, that previously had described are as childless and some of their coverage of this. of course having a baby changes you, thank god, mind my beautiful neighbor baby eliza just got out of nicu, for 12 days all her mother cared about in the entire world was her, she was complete we devoted to that baby while her husband take care of their other daughter and try to make things work. it changes you, it does take you away from work, all that matters is that baby but because of it she is now a better person and more capable of handling what her constituents and family and friends need. >> kayleigh: yeah, i can confirm, having baby blake certainly made me a whole lot better so it's a great sacrifice and a tremendous honor. we congratulate you and your upcoming baby on

senators duckworth, casey and i will continue to push for more resources until every transit station is accessible. i want to thank senator sinema, also a mechanic of our committee, and -- member of our committee and senator portman for bringing this momentous infrastructure package together. madam president, it's obvious how some of the job creation this package will happen, you build a bridge. you lay down rail tracks. you hire american workers to do it. none of these jobs ever in an infrastructure plan can be shipped overseas. but this investment, madam president, is different from those that have come before it. for the first time every single one of these projects will come from the strongest ever, the strongest ever buy america rules. it means we get more job creation from wichita to seattle to boston to cleveland. we get more job creation for every single dollar of taxpayer investment. throughout my time in the senate i've worked to strengthen our nation's buy america laws at every opportunity, and there have always been interest groups in this town that have written loopholes

duckworth isn't really your name. i said no, i met duckworth and we were here before the revolution. so this past year has been really hard because that otherness has always been with us but now to be the target of hate crimes that is just exploding and the president of the united states was using hate speech. donald trump was saying things like the kung flu virus and blaming the chinese for the virus but not saying the peoples republic of china so people are coming up to chinese americans and committing hate crimes against them. it's been really traumatic for the asian committee and in fact hate crimes of risen 150% in our cities in over three cases reported of hate crimes because of aapi's promotes hate crimes are never reported. they are reported as vandalism or mugging anything other than a hate crime. >> host: i do wonder if you got the chance to reopen your book and what you are seeing in terms of highest crime and how you adjust the otherness issue. would you add anything? >> guest: i think i would spend more t

the massive societal changes to address the biggest challenges of our time author and psychologist duckworth thing the rare scientist you can push the front tier of knowledge forward and reach back offer his hand and offered help the rest of us catch up were so pleased to host event tonight so without further ado, the digital podium ensures. >> thank you so much it is an honor to be here to host this discussion with my long team colleague. i will just go through a series of questions and hear what he has y to say then we will take your questions at the end. so to start come i should say i have known you since you were a grad student, a little more than 20 years, but at that time eveny as a grad student ross was doing some of the very first studies looking at the representation of habit and habit learning in the human brain. he has been doing this his entire career one of the world - - or the world esper - - expert so the first question i have is why did you write this book now? what motivated you to finally do the book that encapsulates what youon have been doing your entire career? >> thank

chairman for. >> thank you very much senator duckworth we will turn to senator sullivan for. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we thank you for holding this hearing. i think we arty have one unanimous agreement from here and that is on water. and the issues that senator duckworth just mentioned, i will mention in alaska we have over 30 communities do not have any running water, no flushed toilets, nothing. no running water. but almost all alaskan native communities are american citizens. i think it is completely inappropriate. by the way some of the most patriotic americans in the country, alaska natives like the lower 48 served at a higher rate and military than any other act nick group in the country. and yet they do not have water. that is just unacceptable for think we all need to work on it. think there is bipartisan support to do that. thank you again sir for being here, traveling very far for this meeting. i appreciate you mentioning king covid in your testimony as well. it is very magnanimous of you to be talking about a native community that's probably almost a thousand miles with

author and psychologist angela duckworth praises the book writing as the rare scientist who can push the frontier of knowledge forward and also reach back, offer his hand and helped the rest of us catch up. we are pleased to host this event so without further ado, the digital podium is yours. >> thank you so much. it's an honor for to be here and host discussions with my longtime colleague. i am just going to go through a series of questions and hear a little bit of what he has to say and take your questions at the end. i've known russell since he was a graduate student a little more than 20 years. i'm not going to say how long but at that time even as a grad student, he was doing some of the very first studies looking at the relationship of the representation of habit learning in the brain so he's been doing this this entire career and is one of the experts in terms of the human brains of the first question i have is why did you write this book now, what motivated you to do this book and encapsulates what you've been doing your entire career? >> it is fun to have a discussion about

. >> tammy duckworth, a member of the foreign relations committee spoke about her recent trip to thendo pacific and the role the region plays in u.s. national security. this event was hosted by the center for strategic and international studies.

author and psychologist angela duckworth praises the book writing rare scientistic and push the front tier of knowledge forward and also reach back, offer hisis hand and help the rest of us catch up. we are so pleased to host them for this event tonight. without further ado doctor phelps and doctor russell poldrack the digital podium is yours but. >> thank you so much. it is an honor to be here and to host a discussion with my longtime colleague russell poldrack. i'm going to go through a series of questions of arrests and hear what he has to say and here it t has us at the end. love more than 20 years it's a little long and i don't to embarrass us both. looking at the representation of habits the first question i have for you is why did you write this book now? what motivated you to finally do this book that encapsulates what you've been doing your entire career? >> first book the new mind readersto i kind of felt the same way about this but we didn't others have done over the last couple decades have made a lot of progress. its particular been a lot of progress in the last few years

michigan friends, but i just want you to know -- to say to senators heinrich, marky, white house, and duckworthnd i am leaving some folks out, i am sure, kathy castor -- the whole michigan delegation that is here today. senator peters, donnie dingle, who is automobiles, and dan guilty. i remind the michigan delegation of this, it used to be when i first got elected, i used to tell your husband this as well, we had a higher percentage of autoworkers in delaware than any state, including michigan. now, the fact we had a small population -- [laughter] and we had almost 100,000 autoworkers in our state, county and the --, had something to do with it. but i want to be very straightforward, you know. the uaw brought me to the dance, as they say. and i know we are missing someone truly special, a dear friend of all of us, senator carl leavenworth who passed away last week. carl and i served together for 30 years in the u.s. senate. i think all my colleagues will attest to this, he was one of the most honorable, decent people that i have ever known. he was a tireless champion of the american worker. an

author and psychologist angela duckworth raises the book writing russell poldrack is a rare scientist who can push the frontier of science forward and reached back, offered his hand and help the rest of us hiup. we are pleased to host them for this event sowithout further undo doctor phelps and doctor poldrack, the digital podium is yours .>> it's an honor to be here and to host the discussion with my longtime colleague russ poldrack. i'm going to go through a series of questions for ross and hear a little bit what he has to say and happy to take your questions at the end. to start my first question for you. i've known russ he was a lead grad student. ththat's a little more than 20 years, not going to say how long. >> at that time even as a grad student russ was doing some of the best studies looking at the relationship or the representation of habit and have it learning in the human brain so russ has been doing this his entire career. is one of the world's experts or the world expert on this topic in terms of the human brain so the first question i have is why did you writethis book

kid my michigan friends, but i just want to say to senators heinrich and marty and white house and duckworthd i am leaving some folks out, i am sure, representative kathy castor, and the michigan delegation that is here today -- debbie stabenow, senator gary peters, congressman debbie dingell who is , automobiles. and dan killed the -- dan kildee . i remind the michigan delegation of this, it used to be when i first got elected, i used to tell your husband this as well, we had a higher percentage of autoworkers in delaware then any state in the union including michigan. now, the fact we had a small population -- [laughter] and we had almost 100,000 autoworkers in our state. but i just want to be very straightforward. you know, uaw brung me to the dance, as they say. and i know we are missing someone truly special, a dear friend of all of us, senator carl levin, who passed away last week. carl and i served together for 30 years in the u.s. senate. i think all my colleagues will attest to this, he was one of the most honorable people, most decent people that i have not only served with, but th

proud to be the chair of the subcommittee on infrastructure working with senator cramer and senator duckworth entry would greatly particularly to the water infrastructure. iip also want applaud the leadership of president biden. it is his leadership post brought us to this moment. his vision for america's future, what we need, and he found a way for us toen move forward on modernizing infrastructure. so let me first f i might talk a little bit about the transportation part of this bill, particularly pleased about. clearly we seeni significant increase in our investment and roads, bridges, transit systems, rail, airports, ports and waterways. we can talk about some of the specifics and i'm going to do that but first i want to applaud the efforts that we have made to movel forward in new directions. this bill for the first time in a majorho reauthorization of our surface transportation acknowledges the reality is of climate change. we know what is happening in our communities, the increased amount of flooding, droughts, wildfires and extreme weather events are frightening to all of us. in my st

james duckworth, the world number to winning and straight set. 626 for the whole. next 3. number 7. see hubert. poland in 3rd seeds on her sister passed, celebrated his 23rd birthday with a resounding victory over russian care and catching up fits the past, only dropped 5 days against the silver medalists from the tokyo olympic. you said 636. and finally, it was 30 years in the making, but major league baseball finally brought a game to the field of dreams. the new york yankees played the chicago white sox next to a cornfield in dears vill iowa. the now famous field was a set of the classic film field of dreams. the white sox went on to win it in the 1st image of the game in the state of iowa. alrighty, you will have it for me. i'll hand you back over to dream. thank you so much. leah . thanks for watching the news. our on i was. is there a we're back in just a moment too much of the days is all the latest headlines will also get you all the updates from i've done a song for back on the other side of the brakes even ah ah ah, ah ah ah, the you with is pulling the last of it's true a

the well number to set up a 3rd round match against either james duckworth australia or not. think center in washington. can you double and pick marathon champion? elite. cute ciocca has arrived home in nairobi. a 36 year old successfully defended his title on the final day of the games in japan. becoming only the 3rd one that ever, when multiple gold medals in the men's marathon, decided whether to go for 3rd gold at paris, 2024 running olympics, the specifications of both your manager. so it's about winning uncertainty all human things and we can we not the whole time, not about all fast or slow, you have to put fit our liberties. and back in japan, the olympic rings have been removed from tokyo bay. the structure was installed last december to might enthusiasm for the games. submit the pandemic touches paralympics begin just under 2 weeks time. all right, that is your book for now. it is back to emily. thank you very much. and so from us here at the news hour, i'm emily angland. stick around the family is up next with no of the day by the news news news. ah, ah, on august

visit ncicap.org] >> senator tammy duckworth, a member of the foreign relations committee spoke about recent trip to the indo pacific and the role they play in national security this was hosted by the strategic house of national studies. >> good morning and thank you for joining us. and beverly kirk, -- i am beverly kirk. we are very pleased this morning to welcome illinois senator, tammy duckworth 48 conversation on national security policy in the indo pacific she recently visited earlier this summer and we are excited to hear what she has to say about what she found in the region. she is an iraq war veteran, purple heart recipient and former secretary assistant of the veterans affairs.

james duckworth, the 25 year old. well, number to winning and straight set. 6264 of face number 17, her test the whole and now i'm 3rd seeds. beth knows fit. supposed sobered his 23rd birthday with a resounding victory over washing care, and catching up his only dropped 5 games against sober medalists from the tokyo olympics. and finally, it was 30 years in the making, but major league baseball finally brought a game to the field of dreams. the new york yankees played the chicago white sox next to a cornfield in dyers. bill iowa now famous cornfield was a set of the classic eighties, a film, the field of dreams. the game which was won by the white sox was the 1st majorly game to be played in the states. okay, and that is all your fault for now. peter, back to you barbara. thank you so much. they just had to walk him back on field. that was you news from me, peter. i'll be in the team. thanks for watching. has him has more stories on the other side of the break. we will see you very soon for the moment. thanks for watc

senator tammy duckworth spoke about recent trip to the end of pacific and the role the region place in u.s. national security. this event was hosted by the center for strategic and international studies . >> -- we are pleased to welcome to meet the worth for conversation on the security policy in the into pacific. we are very excited to hear what she has to say about what she found in the region. e is an iraq war weatherman -- veteran

. >> now on "afterwards", democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and careertary u.s. senate. she's interviewed by politicals congressional editor, along sure. >> thank you for joining us today to discuss your book. >> i am very excited to be here. >> i wanted to start your entire life story is incredibly moving so manys emotional moments. as a congressional editor on a higher help, i loved the portion of your book where you say people tell me that i'm the first senator to have a b

i know that i kid my michigan friends, but i just want you to know, say to senators padilla and duckworth michigan delegation that's here today, senator gary peters, congresswoman debbie dingle, and dan kildee. i remind the michigan delegation of this. it used to be when i first got elected and i used to tell your husband this as well, we had a higher percentage of auto workers in delaware than any state in the union including michigan. in fact, we had a very small population and we had almost 100,000 auto workers in our states. i just want to be very straightforward. uaw brung me to the dance, as they say. i know we're missing someone truly special, senator carl levin who passed away last week. carl and i served together for 30 years in the united states senate together. he was one of the most honorable people, most decent people i not only served with but i've ever known. he was a tireless champion of the american worker and the iconic american automobile industry. he embodied everything that his b beloved michigan and our country represents respect, dignity, pride. labor and industry,

have good self-control had fewer urges in the first place and its relevant to r some work angela duckworthe sing people with good self-control are particularly good at developing good habits are probably either never developing the back habitslo or being able to avoid temptations in the first place. >> got a. in the last chapter of your book, you talk about hacking and these are new neuroscientific scientific findings that like this to behavior changing habits in the future. of all the ones you mentioned, which one do you think is most promising at this time? if you had to imagine which ones might actually break through and work. >> let me just say with the menu is. the menu is drugs that can erase memories for particular behavioral techniques that can help. you've worked on two erase memories for stimulation of the brain using genetics which basically uses light to control the activity of neurons certainly -- it's almost the most precise of any of those prisms. the challenge will be getting them into humans because it requires brain surgery, gene therapy to put ion channels into your neur

kid my michigan friends, but, you know, i just want you to know that to say to the senators and duckworthnd i'm leaving folks out, i'm sure. senator gary peters and congressman debbie ding will who is automobiles. i remind the michigan delegation this. used to be when i was first got elected, i used to tell your husband this as well, we had a higher percentage of autoworkers in delaware. including michigan. we had a very small population. and we had almost 100,000 autoworkers in our states, county and the autolite and others had something to do with it. but i just want to be very straight forward, you know, uaw as they say. i know we're missing someone special and dear friend of all of us, carl levin who passed awlast week. carl and i served together for 30 years in the united states. he was one of the most -- i think of all my colleagues, a testament, the most honorable people, most decent people not only served with but i ever known. he was a tirls champion. and the iconic american automobile industry. he embodied everything that his beloved michigan and his -- and our country represent

friends, but, you know, i just want you to know, say to senates heinrich and markey and whitehouse, duckworthrepresentative kathy castor, you know, and the michigan delegation that's here today, debbie stabenow, senator gary peters, congresswoman debbie dingell who is automobiles -- [laughter] and dan kildee. but i want you all to know, i remind the michigan delegation of this. it used to be when i was, first got elected, i used to tell your husband in this as well, we hada higher percentage of autoworkers in delaware than any state in the union including, including michigan. now, the fact that we had a very small population -- [laughter] and we had almost 100,000 autoworkers in our state had something to do with it. but i, i just want to be very straightforward, you know? uaw bring me to the dance, as they say. and i also know, and this is someone truly special, senator carl levin, who passed away last week. carl and i served together for 30 years in the united states senate together. he was one of the most -- i think all to my colleagues who knew him will attest to this, one of the most hon

. >>> now on book tv's afterwords, democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by

. >> i just want you to know, to say to senators heinrich, markey, and padilla, and, you know, duckworthi'm leaving some folks out, i'm sure, representative caster, you know, senator gary peter, congressman debbie dingell, who is audible >> we had almost 100,000 autoworkers. and they had something to do with it. i just want to be very straightforward. uaw brung me to the dance, i say. >> and he was one of the -- i think who tested this, one of the most honorable people, most decent people that i've ever known. so he embodied everything that the beloved michigan and our country represents so, today, labor and industry, state and local lead ers we're n competition you know, back in may, i toured the floor plan, the state of area facility, where the uaw work ers as i sai, i get to drive it. they're a vision of the future that is now beginning to happen. >> we're going to which to rely on other countries for that is batteries. whether or not the job are good paying benefits. right now, china is leading the race they're one of the largest and fas fastest-growing in the world to state the obvi

i thank tammy duckworth for including that in this legislation. chicago has more miles of lead water pipes than any city in america. i'm not bragging, i'm just stating facts. but chicago isn't alone. these lead pipes are in big cities and small towns all across the nation. listen to this. the bipartisan plan includes the largest investment in passenger rail since the creation of amtrak in the 1960's. you know president joe biden would forget amtrak nor tom charper or -- carper or chris coons. is it the largest investment in public transit in american history. i was at a ribbon cutting -- well, several of them -- recently in chicago. naturally people were not riding the c.t.a. and metro and other rail opportunities as they once did because of covid-19, but it's coming back and we want to make sure those stations are safe and make sure they are being accessible to people with disable. with this bill in my state, the chicago transit authority in chicago and downstate will be able to buy new, more efficient railcars, modernize traction and stations an

senators duckworth, casey and i will continue to push for more resources until every transit station is accessible. i want to thank senator sinema, also a mechanic of our committee, and -- member of our committee and senator portman for bringing this momentous infrastructure package together. madam president, it's obvious how some of the job creation this package will happen, you build a bridge. you lay down rail tracks. you hire american workers to do it. none of these jobs ever in an infrastructure plan can be shipped overseas. but this investment, madam president, is different from those that have come before it. for the first time every single one of these projects will come from the strongest ever, the strongest ever buy america rules. it means we get more job creation from wichita to seattle to boston to cleveland. we get more job creation for every single dollar of taxpayer investment. throughout my time in the senate i've worked to strengthen our nation's buy america laws at every opportunity, and there have always been interest groups in this town that have written loopholes

. >> democrat senator tammy duckworth calling on an armed services investigation into the rapid collapse by leaders of both parties. leader mccarthy continuing his call on pelosi to bring people back to washington he returns to california tomorrow saying the gop needs to fan out their message across the country. bill. >> bill: aishah watching that for us from the hill. we'll see how it goes next hour here. >> dana: also coming up this afternoon president biden will give a speech. commanders in chief it's important that they explain the decisions but also the decision making process and i think that's what congress is going to look into. accountability starts today. the after-action reports at the pentagon and state department have promised. those are underway and the american people will deserve to see the answer. >> bill: you will have a close eye on these americans still back in afghanistan. if you look at the numbers 123,000 evacuated. that's good news. yeoman's work for the u.s. military. of the 123,000, 6,000 were america and 7% were those that hold the special visa and that's not n

democrat senator tammy duckworth is calling on armed service committee investigation into the rapid collapses made by leaders of both parties and leader mccarthy says the gop needs to stand out their message across the country and explanation for why he is leaving tomorrow to head back to california while he still calls in speaker pelosi to bring everyone back. neil: it is very cool seeing you in washington as a congressional correspondent, way to go you have some big stories to cover, thank you very much. he's been following the region very closely and very pressing how this is going to unfold, i say important because it pretty much went to exactly his forecast. i'm going to push my luck now what happens. we have the u.s. out, does anyone, a superpower tried to fill that. >> i just read an article and in and i outline what to expect from day one after the withdrawal as much as we can see. number one taliban priority right now after the full withdrawal of american and naval forces is to control the country. they are going to control banks, schools, media their starting with the media a few d

earlier i spoke on this floor about the infrastructure bill and her efforts senator duckworth from illinois, her efforts to ensure disabled access. transit stops we still have far too many transit stops in this country. in big cities like hers in chicago and mine in cleveland and philadelphia and new york and all over that are not -- that are not accessible, and that's got to be our mission. i chair the banking housing urban affairs committee. most people call it just the banking committee. in reality it's the housing banking, and transit committee and that's our responsibility to move in the right direction and we are moving there rapidly and i thing senator duckworth for her work on that. i want to talk not long. i know that senator cardin is awaiting and has been patient and i believe that senator inhofe might be here, too. this week, we have moved forward on a bill to provide critical investments in transportation infrastructure. i'm glad we're doing that. the next step is to address housing. nothing is more important than housing. as chair of the banking housing committee, i have held

i want to thank senator duckworth for his hard work in making sure that amtrak complies with the americans with disabilities act. this is so important for us to do, and her language making sure that we also have someone from the disabilities community on the amtrak board is the kind of things that should be followed and other examples in this legislation. i also want to say for the first time we are addressing specifically at-grade crossings. this is the instance where congestion and freight in my state multiple times the increase in freight traffic. again, you know, a lot of midwest product moving to asia has increased demand in safety and transportation. somebody quoted a -- one of our reports that it took freight three days to get through just the city of chicago because of the amount of congestion. so our job here is to make sure that our product made and grown in the united states of america gets quickly to its destinations or we will be outcompeted by other nations that have an infrastructure system that can beat us to those marketplaces. so this provides for the first time a focused

one is duckworth 2140, two, cruz-warnock, 2300. further, i ask unanimous consent that at 3:45 p.m., the senate vote in relation to the amendments with no amendments in order to it the amendments prior to a vote in relation to the amendments. with 60 affirmative votes required for adoption and two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the votes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the clerk will report the amendments by number. the clerk: the senator from delaware, mr. carper, for ms. duckworth and others, proposes an amendment number 2140 to amendment 2137. the senator from delaware, mr. carper, for mr. cruz and others, proposes an amendment numbered 2300 to amendment number 2137. mr. carper: unless someone else wishes to speak at this time, i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. toomey: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. toomey: madam president, i rise in opposition to the duckworth -- the

senator tammy duckworth talks about her career in illinois and the congressional senator alana shore. >> thank you so much for joining us today, senator, to discuss your book. >> thanks for having me on, i'm very excited to be here. >> i wanted to start, you know, your entire life story is incredibly moving and