WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
In the wake of the Trump Administration's latest attack against the disability community, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL) led Senate Democrats today in introducing a resolution that would protect disability rights and uphold the true promise of the Supreme Court's landmark Olmstead decision-a ruling that has protected Americans with disabilities' right to live full, independent lives in their own homes and communities. This effort comes after Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memo that undermines Olmstead's key protections...