Dick Durbin Quotes

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• We are dealing with the question of the 11 million people paying their taxes, having a path to legalization and, then, ultimately, to citizenship -…
• We have 11 million people in this country that need a pathway to citizenship.
• I hope that Republicans in the House and Mr. Cantor will embrace that as part of immigration reform.
• We have a long way to go, some tough issues ahead of us, and I'm sure there will be some obstacles in the path ...…
• Our timing is right... The election results are still fresh in the minds of my Republican colleagues and they don't want to go through this…
• And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created - are still…
• Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.
• If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in…
• Giving a veteran a flag is not a substitute for giving our vets the quality health care they were promised
• These are men and women who are willing to risk their lives in defense of their country. And the fact that their orientation - sexual…
• It simply isn't fair for senators to cut to the front of the line when seniors around the country have been forced to wait for…
• We will have health care reform in America.
• There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees - not in a nation founded on the rule…
• We can't do much about ensuring that the homeland is safe if our local police and sheriffs' departments don't have the personnel they need to…
• Millions of Americans take vitamins safely every day, including me. Vitamins and mineral supplements taken in recommended doses are safe. It's the designer supplements that…
• We all join the President in applauding the sacrifices made by our brave men and women in uniform. But we must continue to provide them…
• Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and…
• If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it and…
• You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.
• God is not a franchise of the Republican Party.

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