Richard Durbin actually said...

"It is not often that the Senate gets a do-over. And in your case, it is long overdue."

"I think the message that I would hope, if I were fortunate enough to be confirmed, is that I would provide a courtroom that was a forum where anyone, regardless of background, ethnicity, wealth, what ..."

"In our view, it was preferable to have a world in which it was the courts that would ultimately have the authority."

"We are reviewing that now. In fact, this Judiciary Committee recently took up a bill that I have worked on with my Republican colleagues on the issue of mandatory minimums."