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Tammy Duckworth
stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet:

“An extra 2 whole months and 15 days. That’s how long it takes for white women to make the same amount men made in the same job last year. And it's even worse for women of color.”

By Analisa Trofimuk • April 1, 2022
Tammy Duckworth
stated on September 16, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 20, 2019
Tammy Duckworth
stated on August 7, 2018 in remarks during a press conference:

"If you are a gun store owner and you decide to go out of business … you right now are allowed to convert your entire gun store inventory to ‘personal use’ and once it is a personal use weapon, you can sell it without background checks."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 26, 2018
Tammy Duckworth
stated on August 31, 2016 in an email fundraising letter:

"Republican Mark Kirk is outsourcing his campaign to a Super PAC funded almost exclusively by a bunch of hedge fund billionaires. ... I don’t have a Super PAC."

By Madeleine Doubek • September 28, 2016
Tammy Duckworth
stated on August 18, 2016 in in a speech:

Mark Kirk’s claim of national security expertise is "based on his military record which he lied about at least 10 times."

By Matt Dietrich • September 15, 2016
Tammy Duckworth
stated on June 8, 2016 in a tweet:

Says Mark Kirk "called for the mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans" and "was apparently fine with Trump’s #StillTooRacist call for mass deportation."

By Kevin Hoffman • July 15, 2016