Dick Durbin: “Congress should enact S. 1832 to protect the states' rights, address the states' fiscal needs, and level the playing…”

Public executions have no place in a democracy.

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

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.

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.