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July 23, 2020 LaHood, Ferguson Introduce the Bringing Back American Jobs Through Intellectual Property Repatriation Act Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "Spoke w/ @SteveFDA about the #COVID19 vaccine research & approval process. I pressed him to not cut corners or bend to the pressures of Pres. Trump. FDA must build confidence by making science-based decisions in developing a safe&effective vaccine to halt the spread of this virus." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Durbin To DOJ: We Will Not Allow What Happened In Portland To Happen In Chicago Sen. Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "Millions of Americans lost their jobs & health insurance due to #COVID19. They shouldn't have to choose between their physical & financial health. My commonsense bill with @SenWhitehouse will offer families some relief from their financial hardships." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "CDFIs play an important role in meeting the economic needs of underserved communities across the U.S.--in both urban & rural areas. Proud to join @SenatorMenendez in this effort to invest in CDFIs to help jumpstart the economies of communities hardest hit by the #COVID19 pandemic." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "I'm against including #4profit colleges in the next #COVID19 relief package. Congress shouldn't fund these predatory money making machines. Joining my colleagues in making our position on this matter clear to Senate leadership." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Quigley Statement on Trump Deploying Federal Agents to Chicago Rep. Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Expansion Of DOJ Operation Legend To Chicago Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Harris, Booker, Wyden, Merkley Demand Answers from Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary Wolf on Deployment of Anonymous Federal Agents in American Cities Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Letter to Attorney William Barr, Attorney General and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Kirkpatrick Joins Colleagues in Demanding Answers About Deployment of Unidentified Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Ongoing Actions in Portland Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 22, 2020 Quigley Statement on Trump Deploying Federal Agents to Chicago Rep. Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Letter to Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, and Matthew T. Albence, Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Duckworth Joins Harris, Colleagues to Demand Answers on Federal Law Enforcement Presence in American Cities Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Join Senate Colleagues To Introduce John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "My statement with @SenDuckworth on the Trump Administration's announcement of an expansion of Operation Legend--DOJ's violent crime reduction initiative--to Chicago:" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "More Americans have died from #COVID19 in the last three months than in the Korean, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghan wars combined. And yet the White House and Senate Republicans are arguing we don't need more funds for testing." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Durbin Speaks With FDA Commissioner About COVID-19 Vaccine Development Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "While many universities are reverting to online learning this fall to protect students, faculty, & staff during the #COVID19 pandemic, it doesn't change the fact that many college students are newly eligible voters who are in need of vital information about their voting options." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Under Questioning by Underwood, FEMA Administrator Gaynor Fails to Clearly Address Agency's Coronavirus Response, Despite Alarming Rise in Cases Nationally Rep. Lauren Underwood
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "After a flawed distribution of funds provided by Congress, I called @SecAzar to push HHS to release critical funding--more than $739M--to hospitals in Illinois that are treating the most #COVID19 patients & addressing disparities." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "With cases spiking nationwide & a potential #COVID19 resurgence this fall, we can't afford another PPE & testing shortage. I'm joining my colleagues to urge the President to use resources already approved by Congress to increase PPE production & boost testing capacity." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "It is hard to believe that someone would target mourning families like this. My thoughts are with the victims today as I pray for their speedy and full recoveries." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Schneider Amendments to support Veteran Entrepreneurs and Fight Domestic Terror included in Final Passage of National Defense Authorization Act Rep. Brad Schneider
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The next #COVID19 relief package must include funding for the E-rate program to help close the #HomeworkGap. Education should be the great equalizer--we cannot afford to allow the 16 million+ students with limited internet access to fall behind their peers." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "John Lewis risked his life for the right of every man & woman in America to vote & have a voice in our democracy. Words of praise for John Lewis are fine--but they are not enough. The only way to truly honor his monumental legacy is to fully restore the Voting Rights Act." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "I stand with @chicagosmayor . We do not need a Portland style federal intervention in Chicago. There are ways Washington can help, but they do not include secret federal police in unmarked vehicles." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Durbin, Duckworth Call Out President Trump On Reports Of Plan To Send Secret Police TO Chicago Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Duckworth, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Block Federal Paramilitary Occupations in Chicago or Any American City with Senators Merkley & Wyden Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "An over-militarized police force will not make our communities safer. I'll be joining @SenBrianSchatz today in his bipartisan effort to #DemilitarizeThePolice. I hope enough of our colleagues--on both sides of the aisle--will join us." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 VIDEO: Though PhRMA Claims COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Sold at No Profit, Drug Companies Tell Schakowsky a Different Story Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The right to peacefully protest is fundamental to our democracy, and Americans should be able to exercise this right without the threat or use of force by members of law enforcement. The behavior of federal officers in Portland over the past week has been extremely disturbing." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin Introduces Bill To Combat Opioid Addiction As Nation Sees Rise In Overdose Deaths Amid COVID-19 Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump is once again using xenophobic language to try and distract from his horrendous response to #COVID19. 140,000+ Americans have died and tens of millions are unemployed--no amount of race baiting from the President is going to make us forget that." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "I join @GovPritzker & @chicagosmayor in urging the Trump Admin. to refrain from taking any action in Chicago that resembles what occurred in Portland. Sending in secret police with unmarked vehicles to snatch people off the streets is not only unacceptable, it's un-American." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "If @realDonaldTrump actually wants to help reduce violence in American communities, he wouldn't be sending in secret police with unmarked vehicles to snatch people off the street. That will only undermine local efforts & exacerbate existing tensions." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin: Sending In Secret Police To Cities Like Portland & Chicago Is Unacceptable & Un-American Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Article I, Section 2 and the 14th Amendment in the Constitution explicitly require the federal government to conduct a census that counts the "whole number of persons in each State.'" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $739 Million In Hospital Funding For COVID-19 Care In Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell's "red line" on liability immunity for businesses will not make America safer. It would make the current situation even worse. Our top priority must be protecting workers and families from #COVID19--not protecting businesses from being held accountable." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Spoke with @MayorBowser this morning about the status of #COVID19 in our nation's capital, the #BlackLivesMatter demonstrations here in DC, & and my support for #DCstatehood to give 700,000+ Washingtonians the full representation they deserve." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Going to the Senate floor to discuss the towering legacy of my dear friend, and a true American hero--John Lewis--and to discuss @SenateDems priorities for the next federal coronavirus relief package. Watch live here:" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 With Federal Benefits Set To Expire This Month, Durbin Calls On Senator McConnell To Bring House-Passed House Heroes Act To The Floor Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin: We Must Honor John Lewis' Life By Protecting The Right To Vote For All Americans Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The last time the Senate took up #COVID19 related legislation was March 26--what has Sen. McConnell been waiting for? CARES Act unemployment benefits expire this month. Cases are spiking across the country. Did Senate Republicans believe this virus would just go away on its own?" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 20, 2020 Foster Statement on Reports of Federal Agent Deployment to Illinois Rep. Bill Foster
July 20, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, United States Attorney General - Rep Lieu Leads 150 Member Letter Urging DOJ to Condemn COVID-Related Anti-Asian Discrimination Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "ICE should abandon its deeply flawed plan to launch a "Chicago Citizens Academy' in the midst of a global pandemic. The Trump Admin's mass deportation agenda has created widespread fear in our immigrant communities that cannot be fixed by a tone-deaf public-relations effort." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "Contrary to what the President seems to believe, symbols of hate have no place on our nation's military installations. This is a good--and long overdue--decision by the Pentagon." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "There is no place for violence or vandalism in the exercise of any constitutional right. The use of force against peaceful protestors or members of law enforcement in the reasonable exercise of their responsibilities is unacceptable." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 20, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Leahy, Durbin, Murray And Tester Call On President Trump To Increase PPE And Testing Capacity Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "What have Senate Republicans been waiting for? More than 140,000 Americans have died. Millions continue to file for unemployment benefits, and are losing their health insurance. With each passing day, Sen. McConnell's refusal to act becomes more and more inexcusable." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
July 23, 2020 LaHood, Ferguson Introduce the Bringing Back American Jobs Through Intellectual Property Repatriation Act Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "Spoke w/ @SteveFDA about the #COVID19 vaccine research & approval process. I pressed him to not cut corners or bend to the pressures of Pres. Trump. FDA must build confidence by making science-based decisions in developing a safe&effective vaccine to halt the spread of this virus." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Durbin To DOJ: We Will Not Allow What Happened In Portland To Happen In Chicago Sen.Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "Millions of Americans lost their jobs & health insurance due to #COVID19. They shouldn't have to choose between their physical & financial health. My commonsense bill with @SenWhitehouse will offer families some relief from their financial hardships." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "CDFIs play an important role in meeting the economic needs of underserved communities across the U.S.--in both urban & rural areas. Proud to join @SenatorMenendez in this effort to invest in CDFIs to help jumpstart the economies of communities hardest hit by the #COVID19 pandemic." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "I'm against including #4profit colleges in the next #COVID19 relief package. Congress shouldn't fund these predatory money making machines. Joining my colleagues in making our position on this matter clear to Senate leadership." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Quigley Statement on Trump Deploying Federal Agents to Chicago Rep.Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Expansion Of DOJ Operation Legend To Chicago Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Harris, Booker, Wyden, Merkley Demand Answers from Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary Wolf on Deployment of Anonymous Federal Agents in American Cities Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Letter to Attorney William Barr, Attorney General and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Kirkpatrick Joins Colleagues in Demanding Answers About Deployment of Unidentified Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Ongoing Actions in Portland Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 22, 2020 Quigley Statement on Trump Deploying Federal Agents to Chicago Rep.Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Letter to Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, and Matthew T. Albence, Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Duckworth Joins Harris, Colleagues to Demand Answers on Federal Law Enforcement Presence in American Cities Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Join Senate Colleagues To Introduce John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "My statement with @SenDuckworth on the Trump Administration's announcement of an expansion of Operation Legend--DOJ's violent crime reduction initiative--to Chicago:" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "More Americans have died from #COVID19 in the last three months than in the Korean, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghan wars combined. And yet the White House and Senate Republicans are arguing we don't need more funds for testing." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Durbin Speaks With FDA Commissioner About COVID-19 Vaccine Development Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "While many universities are reverting to online learning this fall to protect students, faculty, & staff during the #COVID19 pandemic, it doesn't change the fact that many college students are newly eligible voters who are in need of vital information about their voting options." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Under Questioning by Underwood, FEMA Administrator Gaynor Fails to Clearly Address Agency's Coronavirus Response, Despite Alarming Rise in Cases Nationally Rep.Lauren Underwood
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "After a flawed distribution of funds provided by Congress, I called @SecAzar to push HHS to release critical funding--more than $739M--to hospitals in Illinois that are treating the most #COVID19 patients & addressing disparities." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "With cases spiking nationwide & a potential #COVID19 resurgence this fall, we can't afford another PPE & testing shortage. I'm joining my colleagues to urge the President to use resources already approved by Congress to increase PPE production & boost testing capacity." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "It is hard to believe that someone would target mourning families like this. My thoughts are with the victims today as I pray for their speedy and full recoveries." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Schneider Amendments to support Veteran Entrepreneurs and Fight Domestic Terror included in Final Passage of National Defense Authorization Act Rep.Brad Schneider
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The next #COVID19 relief package must include funding for the E-rate program to help close the #HomeworkGap. Education should be the great equalizer--we cannot afford to allow the 16 million+ students with limited internet access to fall behind their peers." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "John Lewis risked his life for the right of every man & woman in America to vote & have a voice in our democracy. Words of praise for John Lewis are fine--but they are not enough. The only way to truly honor his monumental legacy is to fully restore the Voting Rights Act." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "I stand with @chicagosmayor . We do not need a Portland style federal intervention in Chicago. There are ways Washington can help, but they do not include secret federal police in unmarked vehicles." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Durbin, Duckworth Call Out President Trump On Reports Of Plan To Send Secret Police TO Chicago Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Duckworth, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Block Federal Paramilitary Occupations in Chicago or Any American City with Senators Merkley & Wyden Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "An over-militarized police force will not make our communities safer. I'll be joining @SenBrianSchatz today in his bipartisan effort to #DemilitarizeThePolice. I hope enough of our colleagues--on both sides of the aisle--will join us." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 VIDEO: Though PhRMA Claims COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Sold at No Profit, Drug Companies Tell Schakowsky a Different Story Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The right to peacefully protest is fundamental to our democracy, and Americans should be able to exercise this right without the threat or use of force by members of law enforcement. The behavior of federal officers in Portland over the past week has been extremely disturbing." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin Introduces Bill To Combat Opioid Addiction As Nation Sees Rise In Overdose Deaths Amid COVID-19 Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump is once again using xenophobic language to try and distract from his horrendous response to #COVID19. 140,000+ Americans have died and tens of millions are unemployed--no amount of race baiting from the President is going to make us forget that." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "I join @GovPritzker & @chicagosmayor in urging the Trump Admin. to refrain from taking any action in Chicago that resembles what occurred in Portland. Sending in secret police with unmarked vehicles to snatch people off the streets is not only unacceptable, it's un-American." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "If @realDonaldTrump actually wants to help reduce violence in American communities, he wouldn't be sending in secret police with unmarked vehicles to snatch people off the street. That will only undermine local efforts & exacerbate existing tensions." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin: Sending In Secret Police To Cities Like Portland & Chicago Is Unacceptable & Un-American Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Article I, Section 2 and the 14th Amendment in the Constitution explicitly require the federal government to conduct a census that counts the "whole number of persons in each State.'" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $739 Million In Hospital Funding For COVID-19 Care In Illinois Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell's "red line" on liability immunity for businesses will not make America safer. It would make the current situation even worse. Our top priority must be protecting workers and families from #COVID19--not protecting businesses from being held accountable." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Spoke with @MayorBowser this morning about the status of #COVID19 in our nation's capital, the #BlackLivesMatter demonstrations here in DC, & and my support for #DCstatehood to give 700,000+ Washingtonians the full representation they deserve." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Going to the Senate floor to discuss the towering legacy of my dear friend, and a true American hero--John Lewis--and to discuss @SenateDems priorities for the next federal coronavirus relief package. Watch live here:" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 With Federal Benefits Set To Expire This Month, Durbin Calls On Senator McConnell To Bring House-Passed House Heroes Act To The Floor Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin: We Must Honor John Lewis' Life By Protecting The Right To Vote For All Americans Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The last time the Senate took up #COVID19 related legislation was March 26--what has Sen. McConnell been waiting for? CARES Act unemployment benefits expire this month. Cases are spiking across the country. Did Senate Republicans believe this virus would just go away on its own?" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 20, 2020 Foster Statement on Reports of Federal Agent Deployment to Illinois Rep.Bill Foster
July 20, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, United States Attorney General - Rep Lieu Leads 150 Member Letter Urging DOJ to Condemn COVID-Related Anti-Asian Discrimination Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "ICE should abandon its deeply flawed plan to launch a "Chicago Citizens Academy' in the midst of a global pandemic. The Trump Admin's mass deportation agenda has created widespread fear in our immigrant communities that cannot be fixed by a tone-deaf public-relations effort." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "Contrary to what the President seems to believe, symbols of hate have no place on our nation's military installations. This is a good--and long overdue--decision by the Pentagon." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "There is no place for violence or vandalism in the exercise of any constitutional right. The use of force against peaceful protestors or members of law enforcement in the reasonable exercise of their responsibilities is unacceptable." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 20, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Leahy, Durbin, Murray And Tester Call On President Trump To Increase PPE And Testing Capacity Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "What have Senate Republicans been waiting for? More than 140,000 Americans have died. Millions continue to file for unemployment benefits, and are losing their health insurance. With each passing day, Sen. McConnell's refusal to act becomes more and more inexcusable." Sen.Dick Durbin
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