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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.
this last weekend in Chicago was memorable--memorable for the wrong reasons. This last weekend in Chicago, gun violence took the lives of 14 people and wounded 82. I am honored to represent Illinois. I am especially honored to represent a…
Through the Chair, I would answer the Senator, without asking him to yield the floor, and say this: When we decided to embark on the invasion of Iraq and the invasion of Afghanistan, it was with at least the understanding of then-President…
I don't ask the Senator to yield the floor, but I would, through the Chair, address the Senator from Vermont. First, I thank the Senator for his bipartisan effort with Senator John McCain which led to an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote on…
I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.
I voted in support of cloture on the motion to proceed to the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014. This is a procedural vote to begin debate on this bill, which has been introduced by Senator Hagan of North Carolina and is cosponsored by 45…
reserving the right to object, a year ago today on the floor of the Senate we passed the comprehensive immigration reform bill, and 68 Senators--14 Republicans and all of the Democrats--voted for it. We sent it to the House of…
I rise to mark the 5-year anniversary of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. This legislation was a landmark in the decades-long fight against the No. 1 cause of preventable death in the United States--tobacco use. The…
I went to the White House last night. The President invited Democratic Members of the Senate, and we met with Cabinet and staff members. One of the President's close advisers I met with described what she had seen in McCallum, TX, and…
I rise today to talk about what this Congress did to help one of the world's most forgotten yet most deadly conflicts--that in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Former Kansas Senator Sam Brownback invited me to eastern Congo almost 10…
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. 2540 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
reserving the right to object, the circumstance is this: If a person is legally required to pay income taxes in America, a person is legally entitled to some deductions and credits. One of those credits which a person is entitled to is a…
If I understand what he said, the law governing this situation is a law that was authored by a Republican Congressman from Texas, signed into law by a Republican President, George W. Bush, and is currently enforced by this President. And…
Does the Senator know the origin of the law which requires that an unaccompanied child be turned over within 72 hours by the Department of Homeland Security to the Department of Health and Human Services, specifically the Office of Refugee…
Through the Chair, I would like to ask the Senator from Texas a question. He said repeatedly that the President is not enforcing the existing law. We all acknowledge that there is a humanitarian crisis on our border, and I think we agree…
I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent.
I say through the Presiding Officer that the bill was introduced by the Senator's former colleague from Texas, Richard Armey, and signed into law by President George W. Bush, which required what is currently taking place--that within 72…
I announce that the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.
I announce that the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.
I announce that the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.
I announce that the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.
I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.
this insidious ALEC agenda of voter suppression, which has no basis in fact other than to reduce certain turnouts in certain populations
the critical role played by Republicans in Congress in the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act
This is about the right to vote. And the Supreme Court has said and the Chief Justice in the course of his hearing before this Committee said that is the right that is preservative of all rights.
for a number of years I have come to this floor to talk about an issue I wish to bring up again this morning, and the issue is for-profit colleges and universities. Many people, when they hear me describe this, don't understand which…
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