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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

We must find a way for Congress to debate this issue in a transparent, fair, and bipartisan way—a mechanism that would force us to make meaningful and important policy choices.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

Let’s not run away from this responsibility anymore. Let’s not say it’s somebody else’s problem.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

That statement seems contradictory. Stating at one point you would not hire anyone from Columbia and second, you have no bias against those from Columbia. Can you explain?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

Those who oppose reforming FISA argue there’s no time to address these abuses because our national security will be harmed if Section 702 is allowed to expire even for a day. That is not true.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

Just six years from now, Social Security will only be able to pay 78 percent of current benefits.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

For the past two years, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed my legislation that would provide IVF coverage for our servicemembers who struggle with infertility.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

It is unacceptable that Republicans would once again stand in the way of the President keeping that promise, especially for our brave servicemembers.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

After everything our troops sacrifice for our nation, they should never have to sacrifice their dreams of building a family.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

“After everything our troops sacrifice for our nation, they should never have to sacrifice their dreams of building a family,”

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

I cannot rubberstamp $1.5 trillion—the largest defense budget ever proposed in our nation’s history—with zero checks.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

Americans are waking up to the reality that Republicans abandoned working families so they could provide tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

You are an extreme outlier on this issue, which even you have acknowledged in several of your opinions.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

In that law, they created a requirement for all Medicaid recipients between the ages of 18 and 64 to either work 80 hours each month or verify that they are too sick to do so, in order to remain covered.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 12, 2026

Each year, the Social Security Board of Trustees releases a report that tells us about the status of Social Security’s finances. Their 2026 report, released yesterday, should send alarm bells through Congress.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 11, 2026

American families are struggling. They don’t believe that Trump’s policies have given them any relief from what they face on a day-to-day basis.

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