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

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

. >> 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.

. >> now on "afterwards", democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career in the military 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 baby in office, no, i'm the first senator to give birth in office. >> they've been having babies for years the average age something like 70 to give birth in office, we need more younger and women senators. >> absolutely. the passages in the book are fantastic but i'm hoping you and i can have a conversation about what was like on a personal level, hes will know us more thn others often hidebound institution, how awkward was that talking through, i think you used the braised without a breast on the senate floor. [laughter] >> as soon as iau became pregna, i got pregnant th

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 has so many emotional moments. on a lighter note, i love the portion of your book, you say, people tell me i'm the first senator to have a baby when i've been in office. no, i'm the first to give birth. >> and men have been having babies. at 70 it's hard for a female senator, so we need more younger senators and women senators. >> absolutely. so the passages in the book on this is fantastic. i'm hoping you can have a candid conversation on a personal level. we know, must more than others, the senate is tradition bound and high-bound institution. how awkward was that, talking through, and i think you used phrase, without a breast on the senator floor. >> as soon as i became pregnant, i got pregnant through ivf. i was trying. as soon as we were successful, we began having the con

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.

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that made me laugh out loud but you said what is daddy's name daddy with mommy's name she says tammy duckworthr congressional voice. t [laughter] so then to talk about your situation to have your daughters maintain their privacyy quick. >> if you asked me about that when i first ran for office i would have not talked about it but after having my two girls after having gone through a senate campaign and then to talk about it for other women for other fertility issues and then they have u the idea that my life is all her with vip treatment. it is lie. it is a lie that is perpetuated to her families in the long run we must pass things like universal family leave we need to have a and here is why the fact that military women and then to report back to duty even if they had necessary and even if the duty station was afghanistan they have to do that. that is wrong. so that was deeply personal as a mom because i wanted to say that i see your struggles and because there is no place trying to do the best for my daughter but is not set up to support who works outside the home and so to have left it out

. >> 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

you said what is daddy's name and what is mommy's name and she said in the professional voice tammy duckworth. [laughter] was it tough to talk about your current situation as a working mom? to have them maintain their privacy? how did you wrestle with that quick. >> if you asked me about it when i first ran for office i would not have talked about it but after having my kids are having gone through senate campaign while on ivf and trying to get pregnant. i decided i had to talk about it for other moms are women that are struggling with fertility issues. because people would come up to me and have this idea with the heroics with the treatment and i want people to know there is no such thing of work life balance. it is a lie. it's a lie that is perpetuated the person nation and families in the long run. there is a worklife balance we must pass things like universal family leave, paid family leave. we need to have it and here is why. the fact military women. in 2014 they have to report back even if they had a cesarean even added a duty station was afghanistan they have to do that. that is wrong.

. >>> 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 politico's congressional editor. >> 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. >> well, i wanted to start, you know, your entire life story is incredibly moving and has so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor, though, on a lighter note, i loved the portion of your book where you say people tell me that i'm the first senator to have a baby while in office. no, i'm the first senator to give birth while in office. >> exactly. at an average at 70, it's hard for a female senator to give birth in office. we need younger senators and women senators. >> absolutely. the passages in this book are fantastic. i hope we can have a candid conversation about what that was like on a personal level. we all know us more than others the senate is a very tradition bound and often high bound institution. how awkward was that talking throu

. >>> 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

. >> 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

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

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

and i want to thank my colleague, senator that -- tammy duckworth. when it comes to water infrastructure, she ising leading the pack in the united states senate. she really cares about this, as a senator for sure, but equally important as a mom with two lovely little girls. we can establish a new healthier foundation for future generations if we pull together. that's exactly what this bill will do. marshaling the resources of our federal government so that all of america's kids can grow up and lead healthy, productive lives, that's what bipartisanship is all about, and i look forward to my colleagues voting in favor of this bill in the next few days. mr. president, i yield the floor. i can you -- i suggest the absea quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: the provisions of section 803 -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. portman: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer