Dick Durbin: “I'm going to have the subcommittee stand recessed.”

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.

Public executions have no place in a democracy.

These authorities require you to apply economic pressure on Russia and the chief enablers of its war, in particular China, and thereby enhance your negotiating position to bring a swift end to this ruinous conflict.

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