Dick Durbin

My constituents are also the President's constituents, and I am really frustrated that the Administration seems unwilling to help me do something about this drought.

I've called for doubling our investment in basic scientific research, but I've also recommended paying for increases by ending subsidies for mature technologies like wind and oil and gas subsidies.

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hoeven). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Fischer). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 73, nays 22, as follows…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Gardner). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 75, nays 20, as follows…

this morning at Old St. Patrick's Church in downtown Chicago, there was a funeral service for an extraordinary public servant, the late senate president Phil Rock. On January 29, Illinois lost one of its most principled leaders and one of…

last Friday, America celebrated the 23rd anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act--landmark legislation that transformed American workplaces for the better. I am deeply proud to have voted for this bill in 1993 when I served in the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Philip Rock

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The…

You are America's first line of defense when it comes to public health attacks.

I was necessarily absent from today's vote, vote No. 20, on the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act due to events in Illinois. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' in support of H.R. 757, to advance sanctions against…

He is my ideal of a person in our diplomatic corps who can tackle the most challenging assignments.

I cannot think of a person who could have done it better.

Now we are sending him to a new challenge in Greece.

I would say to each of you when you give testimony, if you would like to introduce family members, whatever, we would welcome that.

These are career diplomats who have served in some of the most difficult places in the world and have served with great distinction.

I do not think we have had a more qualified group of nominees come before our committee.

I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…

I wish to address an issue of vital importance to America's national security. It is the issue of reliable rocket launches--launches which the Department of Defense and the national intelligence agencies count on on a regular basis to…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) are necessarily absent. The result was…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 43, nays 54, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Fischer). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 46, nays 50, as follows…

what happened in Flint, MI, is incredible. In the 21st century, in the most developed country on Earth, to think that 100,000 people were exposed to contaminated water, to think that 9,000 or 10,000 children were exposed to lead…

this bipartisan amendment which I am offering with Senator Alexander would increase funding levels for the Department of Energy Office of Science to a rate of 5 percent annual real growth for 5 years. The Office of Science is an incredible…