Richard Durbin
Dick Durbin in the senior U.S. senator from Illinois and the Democratic majority whip.
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“We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”
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“More than 200,000 DACA recipients are essential infrastructure workers” including “41,700 DACA recipients in the healthcare industry”
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"We have a worse economy than any other country in the world that's going through COVID-19 by a factor of three."
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Says that in Illinois, "fewer than 20% of those actually deported have been charged with any serious crime."
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Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.
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Says President Trump "has ended up attracting larger numbers of people coming to the United States presenting themselves for asylum status at our border than…
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The Republican tax bill is "not being scored by the Congressional Budget Office, as it is traditionally."
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"You can almost pinpoint half of the gun violence deaths to two or three specific sections in the city. They are just areas of devastation,…
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Says President Barack Obama’s nominees met a standard of 60 votes, "a standard that was met by Elena Kagan as well as Sonia Sotomayor, President…
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Of Sen. Jeff Sessions, "you've objected to immigrants volunteering to serve in our armed forces, saying, 'In terms of who's going to be most likely…