WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today at a protest rally held by Public Citizen, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation-slammed Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth for invoking national security as an excuse to push through the president's "Triumphal Arch" pet project, highlighting how using the arch as a military installation complete with snipers and drones would not make anyone safer and would only add further risk to the already complex Washington, D.C., airspace. The Senator passionately condemned Trump's latest vanity project as a disgrace to the fallen heroes laid to rest at Arlington Nati...