Dick Durbin

America is all I know. I acknowledge my Mexican heritage, but I pledge allegiance... to this Nation every day.

I call on every member of Congress--Republican and Democrat--to reject this divisive rhetoric.

Today, again, I call on the Republican leadership of the House to bring the Senate immigration reform bill to the floor of the House.

It would seem to me that it is in the best interests of the United States and a strong military to expand that cap to make MAVNI a permanent program.

Today, the votes exist for the DREAM Act, for Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the House of Representatives.

I think the Armed Forces of the United States should take action to include all American citizens regardless of the immigration status of their husbands and spouses.

I want to thank President Barack Obama and this administration for allowing that because too many times we read, and we know here, everybody remembers Specialist Nunez who, when he took his wife back to Mexico, although he had orders for…

I ask that you and the Congress act in all deliberate speed to start bending that moral arc toward the direction of justice.

I thank you for meeting with me on several occasions to discuss enlisting DREAMers in the military

If the House Republicans refuse to act, then the Administration can use the authority it has under current law to fix some of the problems with our broken immigration system.

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

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.

if you drive into the charming, walkable town center of Normal, IL--yes, the town of Normal--you will see the beautiful Carol A. Reitan Conference Center. Who was Carol Reitan? Carol was the mayor of the Town of Normal from 1972 to 1976…

this week Democrats are going to continue the conversation about college affordability. I was joining Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Al Franken of Minnesota and many others--in fact, 24 others, to…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.

How much time do we have on the Democratic side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democrats control the next 45 minutes. College Affordability

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

We are going to pursue this topic at the next level which is called appropriations.

Is the same thing true of other areas in our appropriations bill where we are kind of specifying a line item different areas of medical research?

Thank you to our panel for the testimony today.

I want to thank you for a new acronym.