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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

this week, the Senate will vote to confirm Amy Solomon as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs--OJP--within the Department of Justice. Ms. Solomon is a devoted public servant whose policy expertise and commitment…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

the highest Court in America should not have the lowest standards when it comes to ethics, but for too long that has been the case for the U.S. Supreme Court. It definitely needs to change. While the Senate was out of session for the…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 59, nays 40, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 86 Ex.] YEAS--59 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 58, nays 40, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 85 Ex.] YEAS--58 Baldwin…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

I ask unanimous consent to speak and complete my remarks before the rollcall starts. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Also without objection.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 68, nays 30, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 84 Ex.] YEAS--68 Baldwin…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 87 Leg.] YEAS--49 Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Braun Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

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Nikki Budzinski
@nikkibudzinski· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

This part of my district also happens to be 95 percent Black, and I think it is not an accident that we have allowed these unacceptable conditions to continue in poor communities of color.

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Nikki Budzinski
@nikkibudzinski· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

I have admired, too, how your agency has been responsible for coordinating interagency efforts to restore the Great Lakes as well.

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Nikki Budzinski
@nikkibudzinski· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

I would love to have your commitment today to tapping someone on your team to help drive this process in the community and help us to get these needed funds to where they need to be.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Apr 18, 2023

If you crush the ethanol industry, which is a significant part of agriculture, if you crush the petroleum industry, you will crush the rural economy.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

It's really pretty nice to have these folks here with their families and the history.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Apr 18, 2023

the Oracle Cerner system should not be implemented at any more VA sites until the VA Medical Centers leadership certifies that the medical center is ready.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Apr 18, 2023

And yes, the Biden Administration is lining up behind big business, and they are doing that because that is what-- President Biden, is climate, climate, climate, which we are all in favor of.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 18, 2023

I nudged from time to time and urged that you try to find some common ground with the White House.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Apr 18, 2023

they are more worried about selling a message, whether it is true or whether it is not, or whether we are ready to advance or not, and they are willing to sacrifice the farmer and our economy to do so.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Apr 18, 2023

By taking that narrow-minded approach, you are not only leaving biofuels behind, but you are leaving rural America behind as well.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Apr 18, 2023

A weakened American agriculture industry threatens human health and the environment.

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