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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

over the past 17 years, a lot has changed in the Senate. Back in 2006, we counted two future Presidents in our ranks: Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the Senate was the late Arlen Specter, back when…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

I love Europe, I love the Europeans, but we're Americans.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Julie Rikelman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is a highly skilled litigator with almost 25 years of experience in private practice, as in-house counsel, and in public interest…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

We have a responsibility to support all of our children, no matter how they identify.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

It is time for Congress to catch up with where our country already is and pass the Equality Act.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

I have come to the floor today with a simple question: When exactly was the moment when military women like me no longer had the right to bodily autonomy? Our Nation was just fine with me using my body as I saw fit when I chose to use it…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) are necessarily absent.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for up to 7 minutes and that Senator Grassley be permitted to speak for 5 minutes prior to the scheduled vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

Let's use this power to protect everyone, especially the LGBTQ families, our fundamental freedoms, and our Nation's future.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

America has always been an outlier: a written Constitution for over 200 years, a Bill of Rights that people can depend on.

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Janice Schakowsky
@janiceschakowsky· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2023

And yet we see from the Republicans that they want to reverse the progress that we have seen and cut these programs, which I think is a serious mistake.

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Danny Davis
@dannydavis· Democratic · IL· Jun 15, 2023

Beginning tomorrow there will be thousands and thousands of events, commemorations, and activities all over America celebrating Juneteenth, which will be June 19. There will be many of those in the district that I represent, at Malcolm X…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 15, 2023

I rise today as both chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Safety but, more importantly, as a pilot who is only alive because of the swift actions of an experienced flight crew. I have lived the experience of piloting a Blackhawk that was…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 15, 2023

in June, our Nation celebrates National Immigrant Heritage Month. It is a reminder that, with the exception of Native Americans and the descendants of enslaved people, every one of us shares something in common with the families arriving…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 15, 2023

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Her historic confirmation will be an important step forward in this Senate's efforts to bring greater…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 14, 2023

Too often I hear my Republican colleagues complain about border security but refuse to take up or vote for meaningful reforms.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 14, 2023

It is really difficult for sponsors to come forward.

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