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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.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 546, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…
Mr. President, there is a resolution at the desk, and I ask for its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 594) to constitute…
Madam President, next Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA is one of America's great civil rights achievements. In its scope and intentions, it ranks alongside major victories…
Are we under controlled time or seeking unanimous consent? The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are not.
I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I thank Senator Landrieu, who chairs the Small Business Committee. Not only does she have the facts, she has the tenacity and ferocity to take on these issues. You always want Mary Landrieu on your team. Like Senator Boxer, there are times…
If I can reclaim my time--I have a limited amount of time--thank you, because that addresses the issue. The fact is that this money will generate money to the Federal Treasury so it is not adding to our debt, it is creating jobs, helping…
Mr. President, first, I thank the Senator from Michigan. Her State more than any State in the Nation has been hit harder by this recession and high employment. I am sure, as I have found and the Presiding Officer has found back in…
If the Senator would yield for a question, through the Chair. I have a chart given me by my staff that says in my home State of Illinois--and the State of the Presiding Officer--137,600 people in Illinois have had their unemployment…
I would say to the Senator from Michigan, by way of a question in closing, that it would seem to me a person who is unemployed, who doesn't get the basic check they need to survive and is forced to live in their car, that is a more…
Not to mention the State of the Republican minority leader, Kentucky, with 32,200 people who have had their unemployment benefits cut off. I would say to the Senator from Michigan that I am contacted by these families, and they describe to…
Let me ask this question of the Senator, through the Chair. I have had heard an argument from the other side of the aisle that says these checks make people lazy; that they don't go out and look for work. With $250 a week, they take it…
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