Dick Durbin

I rise in morning business to respond to the Republican Senate leader who just spoke. I preface my remarks by making the claim that I have made on the floor now three different times, and I am still waiting for the first Member of the…

during this last break I went back to Illinois and visited a lot of college campuses. I went to Augustana College, which is in the Quad Cities, and then went to Illinois State University in Normal, IL, and then down to the University of…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey, (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent.

I ask for 2 additional minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent to yield back all time on the pending nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Sharon Y. Bowen, of New York, to…

Most of us have heard the name Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in America. He raised the question a few years ago: Why, in America, is my income tax rate as a multimillionaire lower than my secretary's income tax rate? There is…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent.

Well, I might say, Mr.

I believe the time has come for us to do something to save this democracy and the political process that supports it.

The First Amendment has always, always, always had a balancing test.

today the Senate will act to make major improvements to our water infrastructure for commercial and recreational navigation while protecting and maintaining many environmental treasures for future generations. The Water Resources Reform…

I am honored to represent the 12.5 million people living in the State of Illinois, and it is a special honor to represent 745,000 veterans who live in my State. These men and women have served their country honorably. Many of them are…

yesterday I was visited by several hospitals from Chicago. Mount Sinai is an amazing hospital. It originally--you can tell by its name--was founded by Jewish families living in a section of Chicago. The families have moved on. The…

I announce that the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

We, unfortunately, as we pay more for incarceration, have fewer dollars for law enforcement, prevention, treatment of drug addiction.

I thank my colleague from Michigan for her statement because it raises a theme which we really need to focus on in the Senate. I went back to Illinois this last weekend, traveling around, as I have over the last several months. After a…

I do not know that there were any Members of the Senate who really understood, when we voted on this Authorization for the Use of Military Force, what we were voting for.

One of the aspects of the bill addresses an issue which I plead congressional guilt when it comes to...

We are now estimating our Federal prisons are 40 percent overcrowded.

I think it is entirely appropriate, though monumentally challenging, for us to take on a redefinition of the Authorization of the Use of Military Force.

None of us could have envisioned that we were voting for the longest war in the history of the United States, which still goes on, to this day.

Affordable small dollar loans would help borrowers who may otherwise turn to predatory payday loans.