WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today convened local leaders, health care experts, community activists and moms to discuss the challenges moms and families are facing under the Trump Administration and hear directly from parents about the policy solutions they want to see at the local, state and federal level to better support families. Duckworth moderated a panel discussion on the impacts and importance of motherhood with Dr. Amanda Adeleye, Medical Director of CCRM Fertility's Chicago-area center, Jenny LeFlore, Digital Creator behind Mama Fresh and Sherita Hamlin, Chicago Parent Leader of Community Organizing and Family Issues, followed by a listening ses...