Richard Durbin actually said...

I've said, many times, sequestration was a threat that was never supposed to happen. But it did.

Durbin remarks on the unexpected reality of sequestration as a threat to defense.

06/17/2014

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All roads lead to Rome. Rome is the Constitution, and what it says about torture.

The fact that we embrace the rule of law is a strength and not a weakness.

the answer from me, after 4 years' experience on the Senate Intelligence Committee, it is not even close.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for this hearing.