Senators Duckworth, Cantwell, and Markey demand accountability from FAA Chief Bedford for ethics agreement violations and potential financial gains.
Quiver AI Summary
Senators call for accountability: U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth, Maria Cantwell, and Edward Markey have urged the Department of Transportation to address FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford's failure to divest his shares in Republic Airways as required by his ethics agreement. They allege his noncompliance may have allowed him to gain significantly from a recent merger.
Details of the violation: According to SEC filings, Bedford’s delayed divestment appears to have transformed his 16,733 shares of Republic stock into over 652,470 shares of the merging entities, potentially leading to significant financial gains. The senators have requested an investigation into this matter and insist on disciplinary actions for Bedford.
Senators' concerns highlighted: Duckworth and her colleagues expressed that allowing Bedford's actions to go unchecked would undermine ethical standards expected of senior officials at the Department. “A lack of accountability… sends the message that senior DOT officials can disregard their ethical commitments without consequence,” they warned.
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Tammy Duckworth Fundraising
Tammy Duckworth recently disclosed $706.3K of fundraising in a Q4 FEC disclosure filed on January 30th, 2026. This was the 108th most from all Q4 reports we have seen this year. 96.5% came from individual donors.
Duckworth disclosed $604.5K of spending. This was the 94th most from all Q4 reports we have seen from politicians so far this year.
Duckworth disclosed $3.7M of cash on hand at the end of the filing period. This was the 90th most from all Q4 reports we have seen this year.
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Tammy Duckworth Net Worth
Quiver Quantitative estimates that Tammy Duckworth is worth $1.4M, as of February 7th, 2026. This is the 295th highest net worth in Congress, per our live estimates.
Duckworth has approximately $851.3K invested in publicly traded assets which Quiver is able to track live.
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Tammy Duckworth Bill Proposals
Here are some bills which have recently been proposed by Tammy Duckworth:
- S.3701: A bill to establish a competitive grant program to provide capital assistance for the maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation needs of commuter rail bridges.
- S.3664: Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act of 2026
- S.3592: PROTECT Military Families Act
- S.3373: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the "Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Post Office Building".
- S.3258: Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2025
- S.3144: Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2025
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2028 Illinois US Senate Election
There has been approximately $42,556,159 of spending in Illinois US Senate elections over the last two years, per our estimates.
Approximately $1,654,260 of this has been from outside spending by PACs and Super PACs. Some of the groups who are spending money in this race include:
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- UNITED BREAST CANCER SUPPORT PAC ($58,710)
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The rating for this race is currently "Solid D".
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