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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I'm hoping that (the president and Congress are) sensitive to what consumers are needing,
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. . . The White House promised new details in his speech. The president delivered generalities,
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The credibility of the president is on the line. And I believe that he should move forward as quickly as possible to call for a full investigation. We should be able to point to those people fully responsible for putting that misleading language in the State of the Union address. They should be held accountable, and they should be dismissed.
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There is also the issue of personal privacy when it comes the executive power. Throughout our nation's history, whether it was habeas corpus during the Civil War, Alien and Sedition Acts in World War I, or Japanese internment camps in World War II, presidents have gone too far.
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In going too far, they [presidents] have taken away the individual rights of American citizens.
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Let me tell you the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat and every president since, Democrat and Republican, has stood closely with Israel.
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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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It's not a federal mandate, ... It's an opportunity for your community, on a grass roots basis, to come together and decide how you can tell the story of Lincoln.
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There was a one-third increase in federal funds over the next five years coming back to Illinois, ... That doesn't happen very often.
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Nothing should ever be said to demean or diminish that moral tragedy, ... I'm also sorry if anything I said, in any way, cast a negative light on our fine men and women in the military.
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I'm sorry that this wasn't done years and years ago,
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I've known John since before I was elected and have worked closely with him on health issues, especially Medicaid reimbursement and asthma. I am supporting his re-election.
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Oh, my goodness. The July 10th Phoenix memo. We're turning this over to Congress. The whole world's going to see this.
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I wanted to make certain that no conflicts of interest would have prevented Mr. Flanigan from performing his duties,