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Dick Durbin

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Richard Durbin, commonly known as Dick Durbin, is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he has held various leadership roles, including Senate Majority Whip. Durbin has been a prominent advocate for issues such as healthcare reform, immigration policy, and gun control. He has also played a significant role in negotiations on budget and appropriations matters in the Senate.

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May 10, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution being agreed to; that the Murphy amendment at the desk to the preamble be agreed to; that the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid…

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May 10, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. =========================== NOTE…

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May 10, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 628, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

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May 9, 2022

I am all in when it comes to standing behind the Ukrainians and I've made that well known to my colleagues.

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May 9, 2022

this last Friday, we learned that U.S. employers added another 428,000 new jobs in the month of April. The unemployment rate is down to 3.6 percent, which is just about what it was before the pandemic struck. April marked the 15th…

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May 5, 2022

yesterday the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point, the biggest rate hike in 22 years. The effort is underway to stop inflation. For millions of American families who are struggling to pay their bills and afford…

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May 5, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 4155 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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May 4, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), and the…

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May 4, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) are necessarily absent.

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May 4, 2022

last week, my staff found a photo from a congressional trip I made to Eastern Europe in 1991. In one of the photos, I was standing in front of a wall. There is a message on the wall painted in big letters. It reads: ``Freedom for Baltic…

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May 4, 2022

I have 12 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

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May 4, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are necessarily absent.

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May 4, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) are…

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May 4, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are necessarily absent.

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May 4, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are…

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May 4, 2022

Tom Oakley was a man with a mission. His mission was to put Quincy and Western Illinois on the map. The only sure way to do that was to personally redraw the maps. So he did. In the late 1950s, there was not a four-lane highway anywhere…

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May 3, 2022

Americans across the country today woke up to a rare occurrence in the history of our American democracy. The highest Court in our land is preparing to eliminate a federally protected constitutional right--a woman's right to choose. I am…

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May 3, 2022

Two decades ago, a CDC study came out that changed the way we think about public health.

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May 3, 2022

When you look at the public health crisis of gun violence--along with the mental health and substance use disorder--it's clear we must focus on the root issue of trauma.

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May 3, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

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May 3, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

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May 3, 2022

Let me assure my colleagues non-citizens arriving at our southwest border don't care who the President of the United States is.

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May 3, 2022

Many of my Republican colleagues... simply see the issue of immigration as a political cudgel.

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May 3, 2022

Our country saw the highest level of apprehensions at the border in over a decade in 2019.

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May 2, 2022

over the past 2 years, our understanding of healthcare and good health practices has changed. The pandemic revealed we cannot limit the delivery of care to the hospital or the doctor's office. We need to reach out, particularly to the most…

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