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Dick Durbin: “Later this afternoon, I’ll take an airplane ride from Washington to Chicago… Once again, as I’ve done thousands of…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2026
Later this afternoon, I’ll take an airplane ride from Washington to Chicago… Once again, as I’ve done thousands of times, I will entrust my safety and my future and my survival to a competent air crew, as well as the air traffic controllers of America. It is one of the most stressful jobs in the world. They work six-day weeks. Unfortunately, there’s been proposals that they should not receive the pay raise that was promised.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin speaks on air traffic controllers' pay raise.

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