Dick Durbin

It is looking prospectively at preserving the right to vote.

Because in the past 15 years, those four States--Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana--have had five or more violations in the last 15 years.

I struggle to understand why the United States has failed to pass the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.

I ask the majority leader through the Chair, yesterday afternoon the subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary on the Constitution held a hearing and a vote on Senate Joint Resolution 19, which the majority leader has referenced, offered by…

I think that, you know, also being very clear that, you know, we are going to be entering this game on global LNG exports does get to the pocketbook issues of Russia, but also just helps allies around the world.

I do think it's been a very comprehensive hearing. Thank you for holding it.

Fortunately Senator, the market works. No matter where the gas is going to go from here it is going to help moderate prices globally.

What has been approved by FERC is 3.9.

I would say, first it's not an either or, the question here. I think helping them with energy efficiency is a great idea.

We're not as ready as we need to be.

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) are necessarily absent.

Although we have cut smoking rates in this country by half, today, we face a new threat--the rise of e-cigarettes.

E-cigarettes are being marketed to children today just as cigarettes were 50 years ago.

I am concerned that the Department of Defense cannot continue to count on tens of billions of extra dollars arriving each year outside of the budget process.

just a few minutes ago the Senator from Texas, my friend John Cornyn, came to the floor and spoke about immigration and the situation on our border. It was a very moving statement that he has made before and needs to make again. He did it…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

I rise in support of Staci Yandle, who has been nominated to serve as a Federal district court judge in the Southern District of Illinois. She is going to replace a fine Federal judge, J. Philip Gilbert, who took senior status in March. It…

Lorillard tobacco has never marketed or sold its products to youth.

Nicotine is addictive. It affects brain development.

These marketing restrictions have contributed to a steep decline in cigarette smoking by youth.

this morning there was a scene on television I had never seen before. In fact, the commentators said they had never seen it either. I might preface this by saying I grew up in the Midwest. Tornadoes are a part of our lives. I cannot recall…

It defies logic, it defies science, to say the same techniques, the same ads, won't have the same impact on our nation's youth with regard to e-cigarettes.

This data is not at all surprising when one considers the way these nicotine delivery products market particularly to youth.