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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Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.
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Illinois Senator Paul Simon, once said "The test for a Supreme Court nominee is not where he stands on any one specific issue. The test is this: Will you use your power on the court to restrict freedom or expand it"?
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It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments.
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It appears that Illinois farmers pay a heavy price in the president's budget this year. His proposed budget cuts to price support programs will cost Illinois farmers about $65 million.
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The combination of lax security and deadly chemicals is a toxic mix. Illinois has more facilities that store extremely hazardous material than any other state, with over 100,000 pounds of hazardous substance stored in over 600 facilities.
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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?