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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 16, 2024

I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 128 Ex.] YEAS--50 Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 16, 2024

I'm not going to take a penny away from the Pentagon, but for God's sake, NIH is doing things which are going to save as many lives as anybody at work in the Pentagon.

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Apr 15, 2024

I think the single-most useful thing that we in Congress could do is to establish a federally-recognized standard for presenting illegally-traceable identity.

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Delia Ramirez
@deliaramirez· Democratic · IL· Apr 15, 2024

For a whole year, I have heard my colleagues on the other side claim they want an orderly 'legal' immigration system. Yet, over and over again, they have failed to support policies that would do so.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 15, 2024

I applaud the Department for taking steps to offer group borrower defense discharge to students.

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Apr 15, 2024

I believe that we can dispel this notion by looking at the facts.

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Delia Ramirez
@deliaramirez· Democratic · IL· Apr 15, 2024

Contrary to Republicans' claims of wanting 'immigration the legal way,' this Congress under Republican leadership provided USCIS... with only 33 percent of the funding amount DHS determined it needed for fiscal year 2024.

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Delia Ramirez
@deliaramirez· Democratic · IL· Apr 15, 2024

Instead, they have wasted Congressional resources and time on a sham impeachment, do-nothing resolutions, and the persecution of asylum seekers.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 15, 2024

We've lost John McCain, Ted Kennedy, and Bo Biden to glioblastoma, and I'm hoping even at Northwestern University, where there's some research breakthroughs that we can find a way to treat this malady in a more effective way.

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Apr 15, 2024

Bipartisan polling has shown that the CFPB is overwhelmingly popular among U.S. consumers, finding that 82 percent of voters, including 77 percent of Republicans, support the CFPB's mission.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 15, 2024

I commend to my colleagues the theory that this is National Security. This is National Defense.

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Apr 15, 2024

Since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened its doors in 2011, it has served as the cop on the beat, protecting consumers from unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices.

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Delia Ramirez
@deliaramirez· Democratic · IL· Apr 12, 2024

What I said 6 months ago couldn't be more true today. I said that we need a permanent cease-fire to save lives and bring lasting peace. Yet, today, over 33,000 Palestinians have been killed, 13,000 children robbed of a future, and 340…

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Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Apr 11, 2024

It is hard to constrain ourselves when we are talking about our faith and the impact that the faith of many Americans who have gone before us have had on our country and the world. We know that faith without works is dead, and when you…

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Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Apr 11, 2024

I thank Mr. Allen for his words. I can give testimony that he is very faithful to share the prayer requests of other Members, and we pray over them. Mr. Speaker, may I ask how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…

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Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Apr 11, 2024

The freedom to share our faith is not something we should take lightly. To preserve that right, we need to exercise it. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Allen), my friend, and I thank him for always taking…

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Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Apr 11, 2024

As I yield to my friend, Congressman Andrew Clyde, I thank him for making it obvious that his faith is so important to him by being such a principled and courageous man in how he handles his opportunity here as a Congressman. Mr. Speaker…

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Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Apr 11, 2024

Before I yield to Mrs. Harshbarger, I thank her for being a co-chair of the Congressional Family Caucus. We know two things made our country not only good but great, and that is faith and family. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman…

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