07.21.23

Duckworth Tours Lewis University’s Aviation School, Discusses Bill to Boost Aviation Training and Workforce

U.S. Senator and pilot Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today visited Lewis University’s College of Aviation, Science and Technology to visit their onsite hangar and highlight her work to strengthen the aviation workforce. Duckworth, a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation recently helped introduce the Aviation Workforce Development and Recruitment Act, bipartisan legislation to address the aviation workforce shortages by boosting resources to help recruit and train pilots, aviation manufacturing workers and mechanics.