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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.
Senate Republicans just confirmed their first judicial nominee of Trump 2.0. Whitney Hermandorfer is inexperienced and partisan – with a record that repeatedly put Donald Trump ahead of the law. This is the playbook we must watch for, call…
I’m going to withdraw this amendment, but I’m going to ask my colleagues be honest about it. I hope that we think about this long and hard.
I think we’re dealing with something called waste. Eighty-five million dollars worth of waste.
This will be the first time ever in the history of the Smithsonian someone has taken one of their displays and forcibly taken possession of it.
let me begin by joining the Senator from Alabama expressing my concern with her with what happened in Texas Hill Country, the flooding over the weekend. It was a sad chapter in our Nation's history and a tragic chapter in the history of…
summer camp is a great memory for so many of us. You think about the good times we had, at the right moment in life, with a lot of friends, learning the basics of swimming, archery, target shooting, and other things, like camping…
this weekend, across the country, we observed our Nation's 249th Independence Day, a day intended to celebrate a government of, by, and for the people, in Lincoln's words. But this Independence Day was anything but a celebration in one…
Republicans just struck down an amendment to protect our rural hospitals from being forced to close or reduce their services.
I don't believe you can serve in the U.S. Senate without being, at least, an amateur student of history. You are overwhelmed in this Chamber, which is where the Senate has met since 1859, to reflect on all of the things that have occurred…
Senator Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico and Senator Peter Welch of Vermont support the motion to commit bill H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and eliminate provisions that would cut Medicaid payments to rural hospitals in…
we are here today debating a clumsily assembled package--still a work in progress--that would rip away healthcare from 16 million American families, give tax breaks to millionaires, billionaires, and the largest corporations. Think about…
One trillion dollars, imagine. This is Washington we are talking: cutting Medicaid nationwide $1 trillion and the rescue plan for the small hospitals that are in danger--the ones that I talked about--$1 trillion cut. How big is the rescue…
we know that our men and women in uniform are vital public servants. They shoulder an immense responsibility when protecting and safeguarding our communities. Each morning, when our officers put on that uniform and badge, they head into…
the late Jack Valenti, the once Special Assistant to LBJ turned longtime President of the Motion Picture Association, once said: Every good speech contains six words: Let me tell you a story. I have taken Jack Valenti's advice to heart. I…
not only speak to Mr. Bove's failure to fulfill his ethical obligations as a lawyer, but demonstrate that his activities are part of a broader pattern by President Trump and his allies to undermine the Justice Department's commitment to…
over the weekend, while most of the country slept, a gunman targeted two Minnesota State legislators in their homes. He pretended to be a police officer, and he gunned down Democratic State legislator John Hoffman and his wife…
On another topic, over the weekend, President Trump hosted a military parade to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army and, coincidentally, his 79th birthday. Spending up to $45 million of taxpayers' money on this kind of pomp…
how Meta allowed this to happen and what Meta is doing to address this dangerous trend.
It was a young woman named Tereza Lee. She had been born in Korea and as an infant was taken to Brazil. And then her father, who was a Protestant minister, brought her and her mother to Chicago. She contacted our office because she had a…
What is the hurry? What is the big hurry on this Big Beautiful Bill that President Trump wants to see the Congress pass? Well, the hurry is to make sure we don't stop and read it. It is 1,000 pages. And as we read it, we discover things…
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