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July 10, 2018 Tweet - "And in light of the ongoing Russia investigation, is it a coincidence that President Trump picked a nominee who has expressed staunch opposition to criminal investigations of sitting Presidents?" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Letter to Randall Stephenson - Protect Call Center Workers' Jobs Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "Replacing Justice Kennedy's swing vote with a far-right jurist like Judge Kavanaugh could change the rules in America. With a subservient Republican Congress and a far-right Supreme Court, there is a real risk that the worst impulses of the Trump presidency will go unchecked." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "The stakes for this SCOTUS nomination are historic. Critical rights, freedoms, and protections are hanging in the balance. #WhatsAtStake." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "Today Senate Republicans have scheduled the first procedural vote on the nomination of Brian Benczkowski to head the DOJ Criminal Division. Mr. Benczkowski is the wrong person for this job." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "If Justice Kennedy was a swing vote on the Supreme Court, Judge Kavanaugh would swing the Supreme Court to the far right #WhatsAtStake." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "Brett Kavanaugh would be the deciding vote on this Court to change the rules in America for the next generation." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "BREAKING: The Trump Administration says that ONLY FOUR of 102 separated children under age 5 were reunited before today's court's deadline. They can't even identify the parent of one toddler and have made no effort to contact 12 parents who ICE deported." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi: Nomination Of Judge Kavanaugh To Supreme Court "Deeply Disturbing" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 10, 2018 Schakowsky Statement On President Trump's Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 10, 2018 Sean Casten Statement on President Trump Scotus Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh Rep. Sean Casten
July 9, 2018 Duckworth, Heitkamp Introduce Bill to Support Women Entrepreneurs Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 9, 2018 Rep. LaHood's Statement on the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court Rep. Darin LaHood
July 9, 2018 Casten Blasts Trump, Roskam for Ongoing Attempts to Sabotage Americans Health Care Coverage Rep. Sean Casten
July 9, 2018 Tweet - "Extremely disappointed by this decision. These are completely trumped up and ridiculous charges for two journalists who did their job by reporting ethic cleansing atrocities in Myanmar. Once again calling on the Burmese government to release them." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 9, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump - Rescind Illegal Anti-Worker Executive Orders Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
July 9, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Trump Administration's Opposition to World Health Assembly Breastfeeding Resolution Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 9, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 9, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Trey Gowdy, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Request Hearing on Federal Workforce Diversity Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 8, 2018 NBC News "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Supreme Court Sen. Dick Durbin
July 7, 2018 Tweet - "We must send a clear message that DOJ will stand strong against Russian meddling. That means withdrawing the Benczkowski nomination and putting in a DOJ Criminal Division head who has real prosecutorial experience and is free and clear from Russian connections." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 6, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump disregarded countless warnings to embark on this reckless trade war that undercuts farmers and holds rural economies hostage. Unfortunately, Illinois will feel the brunt of China's retaliation." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 6, 2018 Foster Statement On Resignation Of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Rep. Bill Foster
July 6, 2018 Letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Senators Call on CDC to better Support Forensic Medicine as Overdose Deaths Continue to Rise Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "We now know Trump's cruel and immoral policy has separated more than 4,100 children from their parents. I won't stop demanding answers until every family is reunited." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "Scott Pruitt made a mess of the environment and a mockery of ethical conduct. This resignation is a long time coming." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "Concerned about the Palestinian villages of #Khan al-Ahmar and #Susiya. Hopefully, Israel will do the right thing and halt plans to demolish homes and displace entire communities." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 4, 2018 Schakowsky Statement On The Fourth Of July Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 3, 2018 Tweet - "The government has a legal & moral obligation to ensure that each of these kids can be located by, and quickly reunited with, his or her parents. The Trump Administration took these children away from their parents. They must fully comply with the court's order and reunite them." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 3, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce Over $16.4 Million for Illinois AmeriCorps Programs Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 3, 2018 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Congressman Mike Quigley Rep. Mike Quigley
July 2, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Diminishing Alliances While Embracing Adversaries Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 2, 2018 Tweet - "136 mayors from 34 different states -- both Democrats and Republicans -- agree that #FamiliesBelongTogether. It's time for the Trump Administration to listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want zero tolerance to end. https://filemanager.capwiz.com/filemanager/file-mgr/usmayors/USCM_Letter_on_Family_Reunification_07022018__1_.pdf …" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018 Tweet - "The Supreme Court affects every American. We've already seen President Trump stacking courts with nominees far outside the mainstream. The highest court in the land shouldn't be a tool of ideological agendas. #CourtsMatter #WhatsAtStake." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary for the U.S. Department of Commerce - Feinstein, Schatz, Nelson, Colleagues Call on On Secretary Ross To Provide More Answers On Origin Of Census Citizenship Question Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 1, 2018 Fox News "Fox News Sunday" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin Sen. Dick Durbin
July 1, 2018 CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "ICE should be deporting dangerous felons, not toddlers and immigrant families fleeing danger. #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Dick Durbin Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's clear that ICE is unprepared and seemingly unwilling to reunite the infants and kids they forcibly removed at the border. We need a different solution to this humanitarian crisis." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Bill Foster for Congress's Statement on the Families Belong Together Rally Rep. Bill Foster
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's heartening to see this outpouring of support for immigrant families who've been impacted by this administration's cruel policies. The message is clear: #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "With the worst drug crisis in our nation's history, ICE and DHS should spend their resources on keeping drugs out and stopping drug money from being exported to gangs and cartels south of the border." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "I received a briefing yesterday where Trump officials refused to commit to reuniting families. They could not say how many families have been separated and said they only have plans to reunite 10 parents in their custody with children under 5. Outrageous." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Cities and towns across America feel the heavy toll gun violence takes on their community daily. Chicago - a city I'm proud to represent -- has suffered greatly from this scourge. The Republican complacency to act on this epidemic has to end." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Calling on the Administration for a public accounting of the progress of reuniting children with their parents. Every day of delay is a bad day for these kids and their parents." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Senate passes Durbin, Roberts Farm Bill Amendment To Support Rural EMS Agencies Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Letter to Mr. John Kelly, Acting DHS Inspector General - Call for Investigation into Potentially Unlawful Actions by DHS at the Borders Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "It was clear from my meeting yesterday that the Administration is working harder to stop the court-ordered reunification of these families than returning the kids. In the well-worn words of President Trump: sad." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "And in light of the ongoing Russia investigation, is it a coincidence that President Trump picked a nominee who has expressed staunch opposition to criminal investigations of sitting Presidents?" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Letter to Randall Stephenson - Protect Call Center Workers' Jobs Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "Replacing Justice Kennedy's swing vote with a far-right jurist like Judge Kavanaugh could change the rules in America. With a subservient Republican Congress and a far-right Supreme Court, there is a real risk that the worst impulses of the Trump presidency will go unchecked." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "The stakes for this SCOTUS nomination are historic. Critical rights, freedoms, and protections are hanging in the balance. #WhatsAtStake." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "Today Senate Republicans have scheduled the first procedural vote on the nomination of Brian Benczkowski to head the DOJ Criminal Division. Mr. Benczkowski is the wrong person for this job." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "If Justice Kennedy was a swing vote on the Supreme Court, Judge Kavanaugh would swing the Supreme Court to the far right #WhatsAtStake." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "Brett Kavanaugh would be the deciding vote on this Court to change the rules in America for the next generation." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "BREAKING: The Trump Administration says that ONLY FOUR of 102 separated children under age 5 were reunited before today's court's deadline. They can't even identify the parent of one toddler and have made no effort to contact 12 parents who ICE deported." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi: Nomination Of Judge Kavanaugh To Supreme Court "Deeply Disturbing" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 10, 2018 Schakowsky Statement On President Trump's Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 10, 2018 Sean Casten Statement on President Trump Scotus Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh Rep.Sean Casten
July 9, 2018 Duckworth, Heitkamp Introduce Bill to Support Women Entrepreneurs Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 9, 2018 Rep. LaHood's Statement on the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court Rep.Darin LaHood
July 9, 2018 Casten Blasts Trump, Roskam for Ongoing Attempts to Sabotage Americans Health Care Coverage Rep.Sean Casten
July 9, 2018 Tweet - "Extremely disappointed by this decision. These are completely trumped up and ridiculous charges for two journalists who did their job by reporting ethic cleansing atrocities in Myanmar. Once again calling on the Burmese government to release them." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 9, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump - Rescind Illegal Anti-Worker Executive Orders Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
July 9, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Trump Administration's Opposition to World Health Assembly Breastfeeding Resolution Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 9, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 9, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Trey Gowdy, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Request Hearing on Federal Workforce Diversity Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 8, 2018 NBC News "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Supreme Court Sen.Dick Durbin
July 7, 2018 Tweet - "We must send a clear message that DOJ will stand strong against Russian meddling. That means withdrawing the Benczkowski nomination and putting in a DOJ Criminal Division head who has real prosecutorial experience and is free and clear from Russian connections." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 6, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump disregarded countless warnings to embark on this reckless trade war that undercuts farmers and holds rural economies hostage. Unfortunately, Illinois will feel the brunt of China's retaliation." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 6, 2018 Foster Statement On Resignation Of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Rep.Bill Foster
July 6, 2018 Letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Senators Call on CDC to better Support Forensic Medicine as Overdose Deaths Continue to Rise Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "We now know Trump's cruel and immoral policy has separated more than 4,100 children from their parents. I won't stop demanding answers until every family is reunited." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "Scott Pruitt made a mess of the environment and a mockery of ethical conduct. This resignation is a long time coming." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "Concerned about the Palestinian villages of #Khan al-Ahmar and #Susiya. Hopefully, Israel will do the right thing and halt plans to demolish homes and displace entire communities." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 4, 2018 Schakowsky Statement On The Fourth Of July Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 3, 2018 Tweet - "The government has a legal & moral obligation to ensure that each of these kids can be located by, and quickly reunited with, his or her parents. The Trump Administration took these children away from their parents. They must fully comply with the court's order and reunite them." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 3, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce Over $16.4 Million for Illinois AmeriCorps Programs Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 3, 2018 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Congressman Mike Quigley Rep.Mike Quigley
July 2, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Diminishing Alliances While Embracing Adversaries Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 2, 2018 Tweet - "136 mayors from 34 different states -- both Democrats and Republicans -- agree that #FamiliesBelongTogether. It's time for the Trump Administration to listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want zero tolerance to end. https://filemanager.capwiz.com/filemanager/file-mgr/usmayors/USCM_Letter_on_Family_Reunification_07022018__1_.pdf …" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018 Tweet - "The Supreme Court affects every American. We've already seen President Trump stacking courts with nominees far outside the mainstream. The highest court in the land shouldn't be a tool of ideological agendas. #CourtsMatter #WhatsAtStake." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary for the U.S. Department of Commerce - Feinstein, Schatz, Nelson, Colleagues Call on On Secretary Ross To Provide More Answers On Origin Of Census Citizenship Question Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 1, 2018 Fox News "Fox News Sunday" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin Sen.Dick Durbin
July 1, 2018 CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "ICE should be deporting dangerous felons, not toddlers and immigrant families fleeing danger. #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Dick Durbin Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's clear that ICE is unprepared and seemingly unwilling to reunite the infants and kids they forcibly removed at the border. We need a different solution to this humanitarian crisis." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Bill Foster for Congress's Statement on the Families Belong Together Rally Rep.Bill Foster
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's heartening to see this outpouring of support for immigrant families who've been impacted by this administration's cruel policies. The message is clear: #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "With the worst drug crisis in our nation's history, ICE and DHS should spend their resources on keeping drugs out and stopping drug money from being exported to gangs and cartels south of the border." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "I received a briefing yesterday where Trump officials refused to commit to reuniting families. They could not say how many families have been separated and said they only have plans to reunite 10 parents in their custody with children under 5. Outrageous." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Cities and towns across America feel the heavy toll gun violence takes on their community daily. Chicago - a city I'm proud to represent -- has suffered greatly from this scourge. The Republican complacency to act on this epidemic has to end." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Calling on the Administration for a public accounting of the progress of reuniting children with their parents. Every day of delay is a bad day for these kids and their parents." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Senate passes Durbin, Roberts Farm Bill Amendment To Support Rural EMS Agencies Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Letter to Mr. John Kelly, Acting DHS Inspector General - Call for Investigation into Potentially Unlawful Actions by DHS at the Borders Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "It was clear from my meeting yesterday that the Administration is working harder to stop the court-ordered reunification of these families than returning the kids. In the well-worn words of President Trump: sad." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration." Sen.Dick Durbin
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