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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

So, the termination of a pregnancy is the taking of life at any stage after the moment of conception?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

I can't remember a testimony as compelling or as forceful as yours.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 57, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 97 Ex.] YEAS--57 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

In my mind, this gets to the heart of the issue and the debate. When does life begin?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

I trust women to make these decisions, not politicians or judges or Senators.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

At some point, you had to be so sick and near death before they finally would agree to terminate the pregnancy.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

We're better than that as a Nation than to let this disintegrate into this reality.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

I thank my colleague from Minnesota, and I especially thank my colleague from Maryland. The Senator from Maryland has been working on this issue for a long time. Ben, thank you for your leadership, I thank Lisa Murkowski for making it a…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

There is no excuse--underline 'no'--for violence on either side of this issue, none.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

Medical experts warned us it would unleash an immediate healthcare crisis across this Nation.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

The Dobbs decision didn't resolve anything. It merely replaced controversy with chaos.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

Legal experts warned us it would establish a dangerous precedent in which unelected judges can deny fundamental freedoms.

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Danny Davis
@dannydavis· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

I want to also follow up on another topic, too. I spoke briefly about, and I have continued to share with all the witnesses that's coming forward to advocate for northeast North Carolina.

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Danny Davis
@dannydavis· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

Ensuring a ready fighting force in the air is paramount.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

It is a global driver of conflict, and in March of last year the Biden administration pledged to provide $1.2 billion in support of a U.S. global water strategy.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

What each of my patients needs the ability to do is to make these important decisions themselves, about their health care and their lives.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

The Dobbs decision didn't resolve anything. It merely replaced controversy with chaos.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2023

With a single ruling, the right-wing majority overruled five decades of legal precedent, revoking a constitutional right for the first time ever in the history of this Nation.

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