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 am hopeful that the fact that this investigation is going forward will be a clear signal to the oil companies to bring down their prices immediately so that we can have some relief.
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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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The VA cannot correct its errors by taking money away from veterans who depend on that income.
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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 hope and I pray that nothing happens in this country between now and the time we take these bills up.
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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 amendment ensures that any funds received by the owners of Evergreen Terrace will be used for the benefit of the residents, and it creates a system of accountability that makes sure that, at the end of the day, the tenants are the top priority.
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He wants to work with people around the world, and he couldn't work with people in his own office. And he's supposed to be open, as our man at the U.N., to ideas from other people. And he's been a real tyrant when it came to people he worked with, who disagreed with him. This man doesn't have the temperament for this job.
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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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If he issues rulings as Sandra Day O'Connor did, it will be no issue at all. But if he goes to the court and comes forward with rulings such as we've seen from Justices Scalia and Thomas time and again, it will be an issue.
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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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There's more candor this time around, which helps, but I'm still looking at some of the basic questions,
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This was a victory for the American people,
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Two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the ninth and Gore gets a hit,