Dick Durbin: “I recently was invited to tour what was formerly known as Sears Tower in Chicago.”

Public executions have no place in a democracy.

Much like a toddler throwing a tantrum, Donald Trump continues to punish Americans who live in states that did not support him in the last election.

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.

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.