Dick Durbin: “We have got a problem in Chicago, gun violence. It is primarily among young people, primarily minority populations.”

The lowering of the FBI's hiring standards "threaten[s] to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau's integrity.

The lack of community involvement and speed with which this project has moved forward raises questions about the role of private interests.

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

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.