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" When you're a member of Congress, you can become an expert in a couple of subjects. For example, I've worked on federal procurement reform, the Armed Services Committee, manufacturing, and women's health care. "

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" I know from personal experience that engaging with your community and helping others helps foster a sense of shared sacrifice and - at a time when our politics seem more focused on tearing us apart than bringing us together - that shared sacrifice will help us rekindle the national unity that has made us the strongest nation in the world. "

Tammy Duckworth

Community

Time

Experience

" I grew up a daughter of a United States Marine, a daughter of a man so proud to be an American. "

Tammy Duckworth

Man

American

" Energy is one of the most precious battlefield resources, but it is risky and expensive to deliver in combat zones. "

" I'd do anything to help veterans. "

" Like many moms in this country, I work to provide my child the best life she can have. It's tough. It's hard to take care of a sick baby all night, wake up tired, and have to go to work when all I want to do is spend time holding her. "

" The wheelchair and the prosthesis give me a soapbox to stand on. If it helps me get my message across, I'm glad; then we need to talk about what we need to do for this country. "

Tammy Duckworth

Country

Talk

" How can you have an educated workforce, how do you equal the economic disparities in this country, if you can't make college more affordable for those who are struggling to make it? "

Tammy Duckworth

Educated

College

" Illinois' economy will benefit from the modernization of the power sector. "

" We must recognize and keep in the public consciousness the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans of every community have made that have helped forge the greatest country our world has ever known. "

" I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory. "

" As I recovered at Walter Reed, I worried about the soldiers who pulled me out of my helicopter that Friday afternoon. Would they make it back okay? And what about all the other soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who were also putting their lives on the line every day? "

" As a nation, we need to do everything we can to make sure those who have served have the tools they need to succeed in civilian life. "

" Barack Obama will never ignore our troops. "

" As an assistant operations officer for a helicopter task force in Iraq, I saw my fellow Guardsmen and soldiers risk life and limb to maintain diesel fuel supply lines. "

" Our military men and women are our greatest national treasure. They should be safeguarded as such upon their return. "

" The ADA allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the world around them. "

" I am just one of the overwhelming majority of Americans who is responsible and hard-working and at one point in their life benefited greatly from government programs such as student loans, Medicare, and Social Security. "

" I love the Army with every bone in my body. "

" The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member. "

" Veterans Day is a time to celebrate the men and women who have worn this nation's uniform and to honor their service. "

" The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress. "

" My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life. "

Tammy Duckworth

Realize

Life

" I shouldn't even be here, so if I'm here, I better do something good. "

" Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either. "

Tammy Duckworth

You

Yourself

" When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women voters, but on the other hand, a lot of men wouldn't vote for you. "

" I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people. "

" When I got to Iraq, my world focused in on one mission. It was incredibly rewarding. "

" Female service members are so integrated into the military, so critical and vital to all functions of the military, from combat service support to combat support, to direct combat, that we could not go to war as a nation - we could not defend America - without our women. "

" Running for Senate is a very involved process. "

" I'm going to find solutions wherever I can. I think it's all a priority. You can't just say, 'OK, I'm going to work on this but not that.' You have to work on all of it. "