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Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "According to our Constitution, Congress holds the power of the purse -- not the President. When Congress appropriates funds, we should believe that it actually means something -- that no President, Republican or Democrat, can simply ignore us for their own selfish purposes." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "Proud to cosponsor the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which Congress should pass as soon as possible to express U.S. support for the democratic aspirations of the people of Hong Kong." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "We've all seen the heartbreaking images from the Bahamas -- homes turned into rubble; no access to food or clean water; families that have lost everything. The Trump Admin's decision to deny TPS to the Bahamas is heartless, but sadly, not surprising. America is better than this." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "At today's Senate Appropriations Committee markup, I offered an amendment to require the Trump Administration to spend the additional aid to Ukraine that Congress approved in this funding bill." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "Blocking asylum seekers from entering the United States does not make us safer, violates our treaty obligations, tarnishes our image around the world, and endangers vulnerable people who are fleeing violence -- especially children and families. America is better than this." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Temporary Protected Status For The Bahamas Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "In my meeting today with @FDACommissioner, I wanted to convey a clear message: #VapingTargetsKids. Nationwide, 5 million children are vaping today -- more than 1 in 4 high schoolers - and it's because of JUUL and mint/fruit/candy flavors like unicorn milk and gummy bear." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Durbin, Bipartisan Group Of Senators Meet With FDA Commissioner, Push For Strong Enforcement To Address Youth Vaping Epidemic Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Durbin, Markup on Defense Appropriations Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense and Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Cisneros leads letter to DoD and DHS on non-citizen servicemembers seeking naturalization with Escobar and Carbajal Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 11, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Hon. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and the Hon. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Merkley, Blumenthal, Colleges Demand Action, Answers on Deaths Related to E-Cigarettes Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 11, 2019 Durbin: Vaping Targets Kids Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Durbin Reacts To FDA E-Cigarette Flavors Announcement On Senate Floor Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "For decades, the United States has provided safe haven to the world's most vulnerable refugees. The Trump Admin. is seeking to bypass Congress to end this long-standing bipartisan tradition & once again drastically cut the number of refugees we'll accept." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "Educating our nation's students is a responsibility we cannot afford to take lightly. Wonderful to sit down today with @janicejackson, CEO of @ChiPubSchools, to talk education policy, the Chicago HEAL initiative, and ending youth vaping." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "#VapingTargetsKids, and these flavors--mint, menthol, gummy bear, Unicorn Milk, lung candy--have been essential to the industry luring children into this new addiction. I will closely review @US_FDA's guidance. Finally, @US_FDA is doing its job." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "67% of the land along the southwest border belongs to U.S. citizens, not the federal government. Pres. Trump has already raided funds that Congress had appropriated to take care of our brave service members, and now he's trying to seize private land to build his ineffective wall." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Durbin Statement On FDA E-Cigarette Announcement Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "Speaking on the Senate floor about the Trump Administration's decision to take flavored e-cigarettes off the market." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "In addition to @AmerMedicalAssn, we now have @LungAssociation warning against the use of e-cigarettes and calling on @US_FDA to use their power to stop this epidemic. #VapingTargetsKids" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "The Trump Administration promises to take flavored vaping pods off the market. With an e-cigarette epidemic in our schools, this action is long overdue but welcome. #VapingTargetsKids End kids vaping now." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Subcommittee Chairman Krishnamoorthi Issues Statement on Administration's Plan to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes Following Information Unveiled by Oversight Subcommittee Investigation Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "Today, 1 out of 5 high-schoolers nationwide are vaping -- an increase of 80% over the last year. They were told--by JUUL--that it's a safe alternative to tobacco. It's not. We need @US_FDA to step up today, or this deadly epidemic is only going to grow. #VapingTargetsKids" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "#VapingTargetsKids. Just look at the flavors on the market today. Unicorn milk, bubble gum, gummy bear. These aren't aimed at a 50-year-old chain smoker trying to quit cigarettes. They're designed to attract children, and they're working. It's time @US_FDA puts an end to it." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "I'll be on @NewDay soon to discuss the growing vaping epidemic. Make sure to tune in." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "According to our Constitution, Congress holds the power of the purse -- not the President. When Congress appropriates funds, we should believe that it actually means something -- that no President, Republican or Democrat, can simply ignore us for their own selfish purposes." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "Proud to cosponsor the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which Congress should pass as soon as possible to express U.S. support for the democratic aspirations of the people of Hong Kong." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "We've all seen the heartbreaking images from the Bahamas -- homes turned into rubble; no access to food or clean water; families that have lost everything. The Trump Admin's decision to deny TPS to the Bahamas is heartless, but sadly, not surprising. America is better than this." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "At today's Senate Appropriations Committee markup, I offered an amendment to require the Trump Administration to spend the additional aid to Ukraine that Congress approved in this funding bill." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "Blocking asylum seekers from entering the United States does not make us safer, violates our treaty obligations, tarnishes our image around the world, and endangers vulnerable people who are fleeing violence -- especially children and families. America is better than this." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Temporary Protected Status For The Bahamas Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Tweet - "In my meeting today with @FDACommissioner, I wanted to convey a clear message: #VapingTargetsKids. Nationwide, 5 million children are vaping today -- more than 1 in 4 high schoolers - and it's because of JUUL and mint/fruit/candy flavors like unicorn milk and gummy bear." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Durbin, Bipartisan Group Of Senators Meet With FDA Commissioner, Push For Strong Enforcement To Address Youth Vaping Epidemic Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Durbin, Markup on Defense Appropriations Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense and Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Cisneros leads letter to DoD and DHS on non-citizen servicemembers seeking naturalization with Escobar and Carbajal Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 11, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Hon. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and the Hon. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Merkley, Blumenthal, Colleges Demand Action, Answers on Deaths Related to E-Cigarettes Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 11, 2019 Durbin: Vaping Targets Kids Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Durbin Reacts To FDA E-Cigarette Flavors Announcement On Senate Floor Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "For decades, the United States has provided safe haven to the world's most vulnerable refugees. The Trump Admin. is seeking to bypass Congress to end this long-standing bipartisan tradition & once again drastically cut the number of refugees we'll accept." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "Educating our nation's students is a responsibility we cannot afford to take lightly. Wonderful to sit down today with @janicejackson, CEO of @ChiPubSchools, to talk education policy, the Chicago HEAL initiative, and ending youth vaping." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "#VapingTargetsKids, and these flavors--mint, menthol, gummy bear, Unicorn Milk, lung candy--have been essential to the industry luring children into this new addiction. I will closely review @US_FDA's guidance. Finally, @US_FDA is doing its job." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "67% of the land along the southwest border belongs to U.S. citizens, not the federal government. Pres. Trump has already raided funds that Congress had appropriated to take care of our brave service members, and now he's trying to seize private land to build his ineffective wall." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Durbin Statement On FDA E-Cigarette Announcement Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "Speaking on the Senate floor about the Trump Administration's decision to take flavored e-cigarettes off the market." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "In addition to @AmerMedicalAssn, we now have @LungAssociation warning against the use of e-cigarettes and calling on @US_FDA to use their power to stop this epidemic. #VapingTargetsKids" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "The Trump Administration promises to take flavored vaping pods off the market. With an e-cigarette epidemic in our schools, this action is long overdue but welcome. #VapingTargetsKids End kids vaping now." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Subcommittee Chairman Krishnamoorthi Issues Statement on Administration's Plan to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes Following Information Unveiled by Oversight Subcommittee Investigation Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "Today, 1 out of 5 high-schoolers nationwide are vaping -- an increase of 80% over the last year. They were told--by JUUL--that it's a safe alternative to tobacco. It's not. We need @US_FDA to step up today, or this deadly epidemic is only going to grow. #VapingTargetsKids" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "#VapingTargetsKids. Just look at the flavors on the market today. Unicorn milk, bubble gum, gummy bear. These aren't aimed at a 50-year-old chain smoker trying to quit cigarettes. They're designed to attract children, and they're working. It's time @US_FDA puts an end to it." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2019 Tweet - "I'll be on @NewDay soon to discuss the growing vaping epidemic. Make sure to tune in." Sen.Dick Durbin
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