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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

Secondly, let me tell you what. I guess I was born in a different era from this President and the people around him. But I kind of understood going into public life that if you wanted to get rich, this was the wrong job. You’re supposed to…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

Yesterday’s hearing I can’t easily forget in this room. Because I asked a question of Mr. Todd Blanche about the opportunity he had to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein. I asked him the same question the night before in my office. And…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

Is this the man we want to confirm to be the head of the premier law enforcement agency in America? With Mr. Blanche, it is clear that justice is secondary to loyalty to the President.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

But instead of finding the money they need now for air defenses, we’re putting more money to this exchange with Iran—a war of choice which we never should have entered.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

We’re in a moment in history where we can win the war in Ukraine—that victory would be critically important for those people who have fought for more than four years against the odds and proven they can put Putin back on his heels.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

I’m sorry to tell you the pay plan tells us to be prepared to spend that money in Fiscal Year [20]29.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

Are you aware of the fact [that] we appropriated, and the President signed into law, $400 million in supplemental funding for Ukraine including for air defenses?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

What’s going to happen to that $75 billion [in unobligated OBBBA funding]?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

He [Jack Smith] has agreed voluntarily to come before this Senate Judiciary Committee and answer questions under oath… [Republicans] owe it to him to tell his story under oath and [Republicans] refused to [bring him before the Committee]…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

We expect GSA to fulfill its responsibility to provide safe, functional, and properly maintained courthouses and to act with the urgency the current conditions demand.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

GSA’s denigration of the judiciary and degradation of court facilities is unacceptable,

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

It is unacceptable that these stronger safeguards were not pursued until after a serious illness brought renewed attention to the problem,

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 28, 2026

While we recognize GSA’s recent investments, we urge the agency to maintain this momentum and complete these projects without further unnecessary delay to ensure both courthouses are safe and functional,

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jul 27, 2026

The only thing that has changed since January 6 is now, if they want to run that play again, they're going to put more loyal people into the administration earlier on.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 27, 2026

The integration mandate is a cornerstone of that promise, and weakening it would reverse decades of bipartisan progress.

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Robin Kelly
@robinkelly· Democratic · IL· Jul 26, 2026

The Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) is a comprehensive, bold commitment to closing health equity gaps, expanding language and mental health access, and improving research diversity on health disparities across our entire…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 26, 2026

You certainly cannot explain it to the policemen who almost lost their lives because of the attackers.

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