Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
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There is absolutely no evidence that the president knowingly misled the American people,
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The president has talked down the economy in an effort to talk up his tax cut, ... It appears that when President Bush looks at the economy he doesn't see the doughnut -- he just sees the hole. We believe that there is strength in America and in our economy, and that we can recover. But the president has to change his tune.
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we cannot put off the debate over the best course for the future. . . . We do not honor our fallen soldiers simply by adding to their numbers.
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We have created a plan here that is so difficult, so confusing and so hard for average people to understand that many seniors are struggling to try to figure out what is the best plan to turn to in order to protect themselves,
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There is a line to be drawn here. We should all draw it together in terms of personal intrusion of our loved ones.
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I think we're close. That is what we are counting on.
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I think that goes way ahead of the information that's before us. At the first instance what we need to do is get to the bottom of it, understand what legal authority, if any, this administration had to spy on Americans.
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For the president to suggest he had the same intelligence we had is just plain wrong,
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If we are going to enforce the laws to find the 1,000 federal gun dealers to trace the 57 percent of the nation's guns used in crime, we need more ATF agents,
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He said he had spent more time worrying and working over that decision than over any other decision he made when he was a judge,
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He has no legal basis for spying on Americans without court approval.
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He has the right to say what he believes, ... but all of us should be denouncing these remarks as totally irresponsible.
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We know what the people of America think. This is a very bad idea.
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We hope before the end of the week the Senate Intelligence Committee will reach an agreement to move forward in this important phase of the intelligence investigation,