Duckworth: Republican coronavirus package would 'gut' Americans With Disabilities Act

Source: The Hill

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), the first disabled woman elected to the Senate, slammed Senate Republicans' coronavirus relief proposal in a floor speech Wednesday evening, saying it would "gut" the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Duckworth invoked the "Capitol Crawl" by wheelchair users lobbying for the 1990 legislation, including eight-year-old Jennifer Keelan, who was heard to say "I'll take all night if I have to."

"Thirty years ago this legislative body said people like me mattered, but last week the Republicans in this chamber proposed a bill that said that we don't," Duckworth said.

The Illinois senator called on her GOP colleagues to "join Democrats in supporting two measures that would show the disability community that their party actually gives a darn about them."

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