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Dick 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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Apr 26, 2023

I can't remember a testimony as compelling or as forceful as yours.

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Apr 26, 2023

It begs the obvious question, what's next? Is it going to be birth control pills? The morning after pill?

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Apr 26, 2023

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 74, nays 25, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 96 Ex.] YEAS--74 Baldwin Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Booker Boozman Britt Brown…

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Apr 26, 2023

This is about more than States rights. I think it's about a point of view that goes much further.

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Apr 26, 2023

Legal experts warned us it would establish a dangerous precedent in which unelected judges can deny fundamental freedoms.

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Apr 26, 2023

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 57, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 97 Ex.] YEAS--57 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper…

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Apr 26, 2023

There is no excuse--underline 'no'--for violence on either side of this issue, none.

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Apr 26, 2023

At some point, you had to be so sick and near death before they finally would agree to terminate the pregnancy.

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Apr 26, 2023

The Dobbs decision didn't resolve anything. It merely replaced controversy with chaos.

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Apr 26, 2023

And women across the country warned us that overturning Roe v. Wade would insert politicians and judges into the most personal decision imaginable.

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Apr 26, 2023

I trust women to make these decisions, not politicians or judges or Senators.

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Apr 26, 2023

Do we want to live in a country where judges and politicians replace doctors, medical experts, and scientists as the arbiters of which drugs are safe?

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Apr 26, 2023

With a single ruling, the right-wing majority overruled five decades of legal precedent, revoking a constitutional right for the first time ever in the history of this Nation.

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Apr 26, 2023

This is about more than States rights. I think it's about a point of view that goes much further.

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Apr 25, 2023

if you thought the dangerous theatrics of the Trump years were behind us, I have some bad news. This week, Speaker McCarthy plans to gamble with the paychecks of millions of families, as well as the stability of our Nation's economy…

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Apr 25, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that 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. 1270 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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Apr 25, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that 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. 1275 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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Apr 25, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that 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. 1276 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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Apr 25, 2023

This is about more than States rights.

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Apr 25, 2023

The Dobbs decision didn't resolve anything. It merely replaced controversy with chaos.

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Apr 25, 2023

When a woman's health or life is in danger, that becomes part of the conver--it should be more of the conversation than it is in our national discourse.

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Apr 25, 2023

Legal experts warned us it would establish a dangerous precedent in which unelected judges can deny fundamental freedoms.

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Apr 25, 2023

Medical experts warned us it would unleash an immediate healthcare crisis across this Nation.

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Apr 25, 2023

the case of a 10-year-old girl having to flee Ohio to get to the State of Indiana in order to terminate a pregnancy due to rape.

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Apr 25, 2023

Lives have been disrupted, life-saving healthcare has been declared illegal, and women have been denied their fundamental liberties.

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