Dick Durbin: “We will also discuss the Fair Elections Now Act, a comprehensive proposal which I have introduced to fundamentally…”

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

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.

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.