Over 6,200 people died in drug-related violence in Mexico last year.

I have a strong belief that the Obama administration should reinstitute it.

The time has come, in my view, to put transit in the driver's seat again.

In spearheading the enactment of the GAA, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), had in mind the cases of U.S.

If filed, this case would be the first test of the United States Genocide Accountability Act of 2007

What we are saying to those around the world who are engaged in uncivilized and barbaric conduct is do not even consider coming to the United States as your retirement home . . . There is no place for you to hide.

Senator Roland Burris refusing to resign despite urging from fellow Illinois Senator, Dick Durbin.

Senator McCain is a friend of mine and someone I respect. We came to the House of Representatives together 27 years ago. He came to the Senate before me, and we have served together for over 12 years. I respect him very much, and I know he…

I join in saluting my colleague, friend, and roommate--we share a house on Capitol Hill--Senator Schumer. I am sure he speaks for Senator Gillibrand, as well, in expressing sympathy for the loss that occurred outside the city of Buffalo…

I point out that the allegation that this is a bipartisan piece of legislation is simply not accurate. A total of three Republican Members in the entire Congress will be voting for this bill--only three. That is not a bipartisan approach…

The Nation needs a stimulus bill. The Nation expects the Congress and the President to act in a truly bipartisan manner to address this crisis. But, unfortunately, this measure is not bipartisan. It contains much that is not stimulative…

our Nation is in a serious recession. The American recovery and reinvestment conference report that we now have before us will help create or maintain 3.5 million jobs. The question before my colleagues is this: Will we act together to…

I have listened to the critics of this legislation. What would they have us do? They would have us do nothing. What they offer is one-half of this bill, in the hopes that that might do it. We tried that. I say to the critics of the bill…

In addition to that, we are going to try to make sure this bill moves us forward when it comes to health care. One of the things we need to do in America, which we have done in the Veterans' Administration, is start putting medical records…

I rise to speak on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP, and to congratulate this remarkable organization on its historic achievements. In the summer of 1908, a race…

It is troubling to hear the frequent criticism from the Republican side that this is going to add to our deficit. No one doubts that. We are talking about the need to spend money immediately to stop the downward spiral of our economy. It…

The yeas are 60; the nays are 38.

The Senator from California knows the President, before he was elected, was my colleague for 4 years in the Senate. Every Thursday morning at 8:30, then-Senator Obama and I would get together for a town meeting which we opened to people…

I remember it well because I was serving in the House at the time. When we called the Clinton plan to try to reduce the deficit and invigorate the economy, we did not have a single Republican who supported us. When it came to the Senate…

you know in your State of New York and I know in my State of Illinois what this recession really means. In December, the recession hit my home State of Illinois hard. We lost 1,200 jobs a day in the month of December--36,000 jobs. That is…

I would like to see in light of the intervening Supreme Court decision if we can go back to this and see if it needs to be modified.

I hope that that will be part of the conversation.

No, I won't. It was signed into law in the Higher Education Reauthorization Act signed by President Ronald Reagan, President George Herbert Walker Bush, and President George W. Bush. The DeMint amendment is opposed by the Jesuit…

the provision in the bill states that Federal funds cannot be used to support facilities in which a substantial portion of the functions of the building are involved in a religious mission. I say to the Senator from South Carolina, this…

Isn't the Senator aware, and haven't we recently been briefed that we expect in the next 2 calendar years $1 trillion less in spending by the American economy, and the amount we are talking about to try to put back into that accounts for…