Dick Durbin: “One El Nino year alone will not be enough to end this drought, and Californians are really hurting.”

Changes of this magnitude with no discernible justification must be scrutinized.

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.

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