"Just last November, every single Republican ran on a platform that said no to any form of legalization ever."
"In fact, every single undocumented immigrant--according to the Party Platform adopted in Tampa--was to leave the country. All 11 million."
"Your Presidential candidate said they had to self-deport."
"Is sequestration increasing the gap in resource parity to a point that calls into question whether indigent defendants are getting full due process?"
"justice delayed and justice denied, as I see it, in terms of trying to sync up the investment in prosecution resources while we diminish the investment in defender resources."
"can we have a fair system of justice?"
"the notion that that office is facing potentially laying off a third of its staff is unconscionable"
"I have just got to close by saying I went to Peoria, Illinois, which is a basic Midwestern mid-sized city where they are dealing with crime by calling in all of those on probation and parole for face-..."
"The standard that they released yesterday, which they are now going to use, is actually stricter than the standard that I have been proposing."
"I have offered an amendment over the years to try to limit the metadata collection in terms of specific suspicion."
"Sequestration, the way it has been characterized, the way it has been implemented, is a pervasive problem."
"We thank Senator Durbin for taking this issue seriously and introducing legislation in an effort to ensure more equitable reimbursement for student-veterans attending public schools."