Dick Durbin said "I think you have to step back for a moment and reflect on what happened today. Four years into a war--which Senator Sanders has reminded us has lasted longer than World War I or II--we are now engaged in the first meaningful debate about the course of that war since the invasion; and 3,132 American soldiers have died, thousands have been injured, billions have been spent, and for years the Congress, in the thrall of another party, didn't have a hearing, didn't have a debate, and didn't question the policy of this war." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 16, 2007

I think you have to step back for a moment and reflect on what happened today. Four years into a war--which Senator Sanders has reminded us has lasted longer than World War I or II--we are now engaged in the first meaningful debate about the course of that war since the invasion; and 3,132 American soldiers have died, thousands have been injured, billions have been spent, and for years the Congress, in the thrall of another party, didn't have a hearing, didn't have a debate, and didn't question the policy of this war.

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Dick Durbin

Democratic · Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the House's vote against President Bush's Iraq war escalation policy.

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