They called my ban 'an intrusion on individual rights.' You may hear echoes of that in this room today.
Dick Durbin: “They called my ban 'an intrusion on individual rights.' You may hear echoes of that in this room today.”
Editor's note · Context
Durbin reflects on past opposition to smoking bans and its relevance to current debates.
Share
More from Dick Durbin
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.
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.
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.
Transferring immigrants to Guantánamo Bay is simply unlawful, and worse yet, inhumane.





