WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement on the passing of Reverend Jesse Jackson:
"Reverend Jesse Jackson was a barrier-breaking civil rights giant who spent his days, his nights-and his whole life-working to improve the lives of others and patch America together into a 'great quilt of unity and common ground.'
"He grew up in a South that was marred by segregated lunch counters and water fountains. But that never, ever stopped him from believing that America could-would-be better if we all had the courage to speak out, to sit in, to march across every bridge and through any obstacle that stood in the way of progress.
"America is ...