Dick Durbin: “Because in a week from now, this same President is going to come to this Congress and ask us for, I say to the Senator…”

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

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.

Public executions have no place in a democracy.

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.