WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation-and U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today called on every U.S.-based passenger airline to guarantee that the emergency medical kit (EMK) kept on-board their aircraft include epinephrine-a life-saving medication to treat passengers who go into anaphylactic shock-in delivery methods designed that can be easily self-administered by individuals without medical training. The Senators' letter comes after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a new rule that wouldn't require medications to be standard, consistent...