Dick Durbin

first, let me thank my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Blumenthal. I join him in condemning the violence that is taking place in the streets of the Middle East and Jerusalem and other places. I also join him in calling for a two-state…

I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) are…

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

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hoeven). Are there any other Senators in the…

every 15 minutes in America, a baby is born with a congenital heart defect. Many of these congenital heart defects are simple and can be easily corrected. Others are complex; some can require a lifetime of specialized medical care. If you…

at 11 o'clock the Senate is going to vote on the Defense appropriations bill. This is a bill I have worked on with Senator Cochran of Mississippi. He not only chairs the Appropriations Committee but the Subcommittee on Defense, which I…

today I come to the Senate floor to discuss the issue of for-profit colleges. One may wonder how a Member of the U.S. Senate takes up an issue. This came to my attention when a young woman in Chicago, IL, contacted our office and told her…

I hope the Senator from Hawaii can stay for just a moment. If a student is about to graduate from high school, looking for a college, and goes online and types in the word ``college'' or ``university,'' watch what happens. The page is…

I thank Senator Murphy for his comments. I will tell you that it is interesting to me that when you take a look at what Wall Street thinks about the for-profit colleges and universities, they are certainly bearish. You would think from…

I thank Senator Warren, and before we recognize the Senator from Connecticut, I would like to make a point about executive compensation, which is something we should not overlook. We take a look at the actual amount of money that is being…

I thank the Senator from Hawaii. Last week, the senior Senator from Arizona came to the floor and said it was Durbin's speeches that brought down Corinthian. Correction: What brought down Corinthian was its own malfeasance. They were under…

I thank my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Blumenthal, for joining in this colloquy this afternoon. What we have tried to do with a number of Senators is to lay out the case that when we go to higher education reauthorization, we owe…

I want to thank Senator Carper. Let me show the Senator briefly what has happened to the enrollment of for-profit colleges and universities as people have come to realize they are wasting their time, and many times their GI bill benefits…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with Senators Carper, Warren, Murphy, Blumenthal, Schatz, and Brown for up to 1 hour. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. For-Profit Colleges

I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Ayotte). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 55, nays 43, as follows: [Rollcall…

I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 57, nays 41, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 295…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) is necessarily absent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 63, nays 35, as follows…

earlier this week the White House and congressional leadership announced a budget deal that will avert a potential shutdown of the Federal Government and prevent a default on our country's obligations. This agreement would provide relief…

yesterday the senior Senator from Arizona, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, came to the floor to speak to an issue and mentioned my name several times during the course of his remarks on the floor. I come here this…

I am going to wrap up. I read carefully what the senior Senator from Arizona had to say yesterday. I hope I have addressed each of the major points he raised. There was indeed an investigation. There were standards which the University of…

it is possible this week that we will pass a budget agreement for the fiscal year we are currently in. That year started October 1 and runs, of course, until the end of December in the next calendar year. If we do reach that agreement--and…

it hasn't been a very good week or two for the University of Phoenix. The University of Phoenix is the largest for-profit university in the United States. University of Phoenix students cumulatively owe more in student debt than any other…

the debate which we will engage in today on the floor of the Senate is really one that parallels the historic debates that have occurred in the course of our Nation's history. When a great democracy sets out to defend its citizens and to…

I encouraged our scientific research community through our Government to tell their stories.

They were an essential part of it and I think brought more credibility, scientific credibility, to this process than we otherwise could have achieved.