Dick Durbin
Dick Durbin
Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbinis the senior United States Senator from Illinois, in office since 1997. He has been the Assistant Minority Leader, the second highest position in the Democratic Party leadership in the Senate, since 2015...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 November 1944
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it would have put millions of American consumers and families at risk of losing coverage for necessary health care.
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We do not want to end the Patriot Act. We want to mend the Patriot Act.
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At the very least, Mr. Gonzales helped to create a permissive environment that made it more likely that abuses would take place.
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This opportunity is slipping through our hands like grains of sand.
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There's more candor this time around, which helps, but I'm still looking at some of the basic questions,
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We are the largest magnet for this level of talent in the world.
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I worry... he will tip the balance of the scales of justice. He will tip the balance against protecting our basic privacy and personal freedoms. He will tip the balance in favor of presidential power even when it violates the law.
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I wonder, where are you? ... Beyond loyalty to the process of law, how do you view this law when it comes to expanding our personal freedom?
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I wonder, where are you? ... All of us are trying to get down to, what are your core values?
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I think it would be a clean break for this President.I think we need a strong president with credible leadership,
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M&M categories -- the multimillionaires and the mere mortals.
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We need to know as much as we can and as much as he will tell us about his values and beliefs,
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Having the strategic petroleum reserve, sadly, puts crude oil in the hands of refineries that can't refine it quickly enough to affect the market, ... With this gasoline and jet-fuel reserve, we can have an immediate impact on the market.
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I don't think we should race to a conclusion here, ... Ordinarily it takes six to eight weeks to evaluate a Supreme Court nominee. We shouldn't rush to judgment.