Dick Durbin: “I spent a major part of my congressional career fighting big tobacco for personal reasons, for family reasons, and for…”

These changes threaten to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau’s integrity.

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.