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Richard Durbin

Richard Durbin

Dick Durbin in the senior U.S. senator from Illinois and the Democratic majority whip.

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Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on April 13, 2021 a TV interview
“We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 18, 2021
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 4, 2021 a Senate speech
“More than 200,000 DACA recipients are essential infrastructure workers” including “41,700 DACA recipients in the healthcare industry”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2021
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on August 23, 2020 a radio interview
"We have a worse economy than any other country in the world that's going through COVID-19 by a factor of three."
False
By Deborah Wilber • September 27, 2020
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on October 22, 2019 remarks at a committee hearing
Says that in Illinois, "fewer than 20% of those actually deported have been charged with any serious crime."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 27, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on September 23, 2019 a speech
Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 4, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on July 11, 2019 a speech
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 we’ve ever seen."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 28, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on November 12, 2017 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
The Republican tax bill is "not being scored by the Congressional Budget Office, as it is traditionally."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2017
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 15, 2017 an interview with Willie Geist
"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, economically and otherwise."
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By Marc Filippino • February 23, 2017
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 1, 2017 a interview on Morning Joe
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 Obama's choices."
Half-True
By Kevin Hoffman • February 10, 2017
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on January 10, 2017 Sessions' Senate confirmation hearing for attorney general
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 to be a spy, somebody from Cullman, Ala., or somebody from Kenya?'"
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • January 10, 2017
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on July 20, 2016 a press release
"Illinois suffered 1,652 overdose deaths in 2014 ... of which 40 percent were associated with heroin. Illinois is ranked number one in the nation for a decline in treatment capacity between 2007 and 2012, and is now ranked the third worst in the country for state-funded treatment capacity." 
True
By Kevin Hoffman • August 4, 2016
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 23, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
Under current policies, "we're going to reduce the overall debt of the United States by $3 trillion over the next 10 years."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2014
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 25, 2013 a Senate floor speech
Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 22, 2010 a Senate floor speech
Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2010
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on March 24, 2010 a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.
"Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.''
False
March 25, 2010
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on May 20, 2009 a speech on the Senate floor.
"The reality is, we are holding some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world right now in our federal prisons, including the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 'shoe bomber,' the 'Unabomber,' and many others."
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By Catharine Richert • May 21, 2009
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