Feb 28, 2013
Madam President, we just met with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, a former Congressman from Illinois. He said the opposite of what the Senator from Pennsylvania said. The Secretary of Transportation said exactly the opposite of…
Richard Durbin
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Richard Durbin, commonly known as Dick Durbin, is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he has held various leadership roles, including Senate Majority Whip. Durbin has been a prominent advocate for issues such as healthcare reform, immigration policy, and gun control. He has also played a significant role in negotiations on budget and appropriations matters in the Senate.
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Feb 28, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the motion to proceed currently pending, at 2:30 p.m. the Senate resume the motion to proceed to S. 16 and the Senate proceed to the cloture votes on the motions to proceed as…
Feb 27, 2013
Mr. President, I rise to speak about the passing of an extraordinary American, a man who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I think he was one of the true leaders in my lifetime when it came to issues related to health care. Of…
Feb 27, 2013
I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…
Feb 27, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: S. 395 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
Feb 26, 2013
I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 58, nays 41, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 24 Ex.] YEAS--58 Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Boxer Brown Cantwell…
Feb 26, 2013
I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Heitkamp). Are there any oher Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and…
Feb 26, 2013
Madam President, as everyone in the Senate knows, and people across the United States, with the sad passing of Senator Daniel Inouye in December, there were a number of changes that were made in the Senate Appropriations Committee--a…
Feb 26, 2013
I thank the Senator from Oklahoma and the Senator from Indiana. I rise today to express my support for our former colleague Chuck Hagel to be America's 24th Secretary of Defense. We hoped Chuck Hagel would have been named Secretary of…
Feb 25, 2013
Mr. President today I wish to pay tribute to Justice Mary Ann McMorrow, a devoted public servant and a pioneer of the Illinois legal community who passed away last weekend at the age of 83. Justice McMorrow was a native Chicagoan…
Feb 25, 2013
I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent.
Feb 14, 2013
Mr. President, I rise to speak about the problem of gun violence in America. Every day we lose over 30 men, women and children in violent shooting deaths. More than 11,000 Americans are murdered with guns each year. That is more deaths…
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