Dick Durbin: “I want to thank again Lisa Madigan for coming here.”

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

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.

Public executions have no place in a democracy.

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.