Dick Durbin: “If I might make an inquiry of my colleague from New Jersey, if he is going to seek recognition, I want to be sure and…”

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.

Transferring immigrants to Guantánamo Bay is simply unlawful, and worse yet, inhumane.

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

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