Dick Durbin

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There is little to no evidence to support these claims.

put an end to the subsidizing of for-profit colleges and universities. They are overcharging these families and the military

$1.6 billion a year on medical care of servicemembers from tobacco-related disease and loss of work.

I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) are necessarily absent.

I say through the Chair to the Senator from Massachusetts that I have been traveling the State of Illinois, the city of Chicago, and every campus I stop on there are students who come forward and tell me their stories of the debt they have…

Through the Chair again, the choice yesterday was between helping 25 million student borrowers get a lower interest rate, saving on average $2,000 a year, and asking 22,000 multimillionaires to pay slightly more in income tax, and sadly…

Through the Chair, I also ask the Senator from Massachusetts if it is true that the way we paid for this--this loss of interest by the Federal Government--was to impose the Buffett rule, which meant that those who are multimillionaires…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.

I will ask the last question through the Chair. So yesterday--so everybody can understand what happened--there was a threatened Republican filibuster to stop us from even debating this bill, and in order to stop the filibuster and begin…

I thank the Senator from Massachusetts for her leadership on this important issue. Madam President, what is the order of business on the floor? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 3 minutes remaining prior to the Senate proceeding to executive…

I ask, through the Chair, if the Senator from Massachusetts will yield for a question.

First, through the Chair, I thank the Senator from Massachusetts for her leadership and her effort to refinance student loans. Is it true that what was at stake yesterday was an opportunity for 25 million student loan borrowers--out of…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the…

I will follow up on the dialogue I just had with Senator Warren. These are issues that really hit home for families. We have had four issues on the floor of the Senate in the last several months which really define the difference between…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2014, at 10 a.m., in SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive business meeting. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2014, at 10:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Securing Raiological…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2014, at 3 p.m., to hold a hearing entitled ``Thailand's Political Crisis.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2014, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Regional Implications of a Nuclear Deal with Iran.'' The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Foreign Relations

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SR-328A of the Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

the Senator from Texas just spoke on the floor about the number of children coming across the border into the United States, and the numbers are frightening, they are so large. We had a hearing today with Jeh Johnson, who is the Secretary…

I announce that the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) are necessarily absent.

I hope to hear more from you today on how you would meet sequestration levels in future years, and what this would mean for MDA's ability to perform its mission of keeping America safe.