Dick Durbin: “We sincerely appreciate Senator Durbin's interest in this issue and we look forward to working with all stakeholders on…”

To leave here without this being a law finalized to protect these young people … is painful, really painful. I don’t want them to feel like I’m abandoning them.

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.

Transferring immigrants to Guantánamo Bay is simply unlawful, and worse yet, inhumane.

We ask that you immediately provide all committee records that you have withheld, commit to fully complying with Senate Rules XXVI and XXVII going forward, and apologize to Mr. Smith on behalf of the Committee.