Dec 13, 2012
Mr. President, every week I hear from students across my State and around the Nation who are struggling with student loans. Congress has acted on important legislation to help students with these loans by keeping the interest rate 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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Dec 12, 2012
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on December 12, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…
Dec 12, 2012
Madam President, the House of Representatives is back, and we welcome them. It is good to have them back in business in Washington. I hope the first order of business this week is to pass a bill that we enacted in July of this year which…
Dec 12, 2012
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure of the Committee on Finance authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on December 12, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of…
Dec 12, 2012
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on December 12, 2012, at 2 p.m., in room…
Dec 12, 2012
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 12, 2012. The Committees will meet in SR-418 of the Russell Senate Office Building, beginning…
Dec 12, 2012
Madam President, after a prolonged debate, a lot of television commercials, robo-calls, and literally tons of political literature, the 2012 campaign is finally over. America can breathe a sigh of political relief. When it was all said and…
Dec 11, 2012
Mr. President, I have visited Africa many times. When I have, I have left with an amazing impression of this great continent and all that it contains. It really does lure one and draw you back to the different places in Africa that offer…
Dec 11, 2012
Mr. President, I have to answer some of the comments made earlier by the Republican leader as he talked about the state of negotiations between the President and Congress as we face the fiscal cliff. He said at one point that the President…
Dec 11, 2012
Mr. President, let me first echo the comments of the Republican leader, Senator McConnell, about our colleague and friend, Senator Dick Lugar of Indiana. It has been my good fortune now for some 16 years to serve in the Senate with Senator…
Dec 11, 2012
I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) are necessarily absent.
Dec 11, 2012
I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily absent.
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