Dick Durbin: “That is being paid by oil companies into a fund so that if there would be a spill and the oil company responsible…”

For decades, America has stood as the bastion of freedom against tyranny, and American presidents have embodied our nation’s resistance to tyrants. Putin is a tyrant.

You can’t survive in politics unless you’re optimistic. You’ve got to believe that even though you face a setback or you don’t have all the laws you need, that tomorrow will be better.

The lowering of the FBI's hiring standards "threaten[s] to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau's integrity.

The lack of community involvement and speed with which this project has moved forward raises questions about the role of private interests.