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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The VA cannot correct its errors by taking money away from veterans who depend on that income.
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I think what happened to Ronnie White in the United states Senate was disgraceful,
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It is an element of fairness, an element of opportunity. It basically says in America, we won't let you buy an election. If you're going to come in and try to do that, then you're at least going to give the other candidate a chance to compete.
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We are the largest magnet for this level of talent in the world.
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really raises serious questions about the consistency of the policy.
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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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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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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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the president's call for blind loyalty to his policies in Iraq.
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Why is it we're transferring all this family and business income to businesses making record profits? ... I think frankly this is unfair to families and businesses. This money needs to come back to families and the consumer.
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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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Where eight years ago the want ads were empty and the welfare lines were long, we now have 22 million new jobs in our nation, ... Where eight years ago stagnation was crippling our economy, we now stand strong.