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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 7, 2022

Madam President, October 4, 1957. Many in the Chamber were not alive at that date. I was. I was a teenager, maybe in high school, just starting, or at the end of grade school. But it was a big day in the history of the world, October 4…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 6, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 6, 2022

Good news to report to my colleague from the Commonwealth of Kentucky: a gallon of gasoline on the way to the airport this morning--$3.46 a gallon. I wish it were lower, but we have made progress from the days when it was over $5. We are…

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Brad Schneider
@bradschneider· Democratic · IL· Aug 12, 2022

I proudly rise today in support of the Inflation Reduction Act. This historic bill will lower the cost of energy and healthcare for millions of Americans. Just as important, it makes the largest ever investment in tackling the climate…

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Aug 12, 2022

Last November, our House delegation went to Glasgow for the COP26 conference. We told the world that we were back, that we had rejoined the Paris climate accord, and that we were committed to building back better and committed to putting…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 698 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

I ask that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Van Hollen amendment at the desk to the resolution be agreed to; the preamble be agreed to; and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Would the Senator from Montana hold for just one moment, please? Thank you. Order of Business Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that following disposition of the Crapo amendment No. 5404, the following amendments be the next…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Madam President, I raise a point of order that the pending amendment does not produce a change in outlays or revenues and therefore violates section 313(b)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Collins amendment No. 5358 be in order following Grassley amendment No. 5421. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The junior Senator from…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments and motions be the next amendments and motions in order: 5265, Cruz; 5281, Sanders; 5385, Kennedy; motion to waive the budget with respect to insulin; Cruz motion to…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Mr. President, the FBI has told us repeatedly that domestic extremism is a very real threat in America. Last November, 60 percent of America's school leaders said that someone in their schools had been verbally or physically threatened…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following resolutions, submitted earlier today: S. Res. 749 and S. Res. 750. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolutions by…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 466, S. 4205. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be the next Republican amendments in order: 5316, Lee; 5418, Shelby; Motion to Commit, Tim Scott; 5263, Cruz; 5425, Daines; 5361, Ernst; 5360, Fischer; 5265, Cruz; 5385…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Madam President, first, let me say I am joining in with the action just taken by the Senate, led by Senator Coons, who has shown an extraordinary gift of understanding of the importance of the African continent and the people that need to…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 6, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 675 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the…

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