Given the stark racial disparities in our criminal justice system, this would cause the most harm to Black and brown families and communities already harmed by mass incarceration, children should not be forced to go hungry because a parent is incarcerated.

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I think this maybe is what this is all about. by Dick Durbin

I think this maybe is what this is all about.

There are plenty who don’t like this. by Dick Durbin

There are plenty who don’t like this.

As of today, we don’t have a bill before us, we start anew. by Dick Durbin

As of today, we don’t have a bill before us, we start anew.

I don’t know the position of the president of the United States now, i couldn’t express it after the experience we had a couple of weeks ago. … He hasn’t issued anything by way of a suggested piece of legislation. We haven’t heard from him.

Well here we are. We are just about at the fifth month in the six... by Dick Durbin

Well here we are. We are just about at the fifth month in the sixth-month period that he gave us.

It would be unrealistic to think we could address comprehensive r... by Dick Durbin

It would be unrealistic to think we could address comprehensive reform in 14 days.

He said these hate-filled things, and he said them repeatedly. by Dick Durbin

He said these hate-filled things, and he said them repeatedly.

There is never an excuse for this behavior—ever. by Dick Durbin

There is never an excuse for this behavior—ever.

In an interview with NBC News, President (Donald) Trump admitted to firing FBI Director James Comey because of his investigation of the Trump campaign's Russian connections, that is dangerously close to obstruction of justice. This morning, the President tweeted a thinly veiled threat to Mr. Comey, which could be construed as threatening a witness in this investigation, which is another violation of federal law.

It's no coincidence that the Sessions memo was quietly signed on the same day the President was making major headlines for firing FBI Director Comey because of his investigation of Trump — this policy is unjust and unwise and can't withstand even minimal public scrutiny.

I've contacted DHS to demand an explanation. Just last month Secretary Kelly promised me that no one with DACA would lose this protection unless they violated the terms of DACA. I intend to hold him to this commitment.

Merrick Garland -- the only presidential nomination to the Supreme Court, in the history of the United States Senate, to be denied a hearing and a vote.

In case after case, he favored corporations, lawyers and the special interest elite … over workers, consumers, people of disability and victims of discrimination.

At this point, I don't believe there are eight Democrats supporting Judge Gorsuch, but Chuck Schumer told us all, 'Wait until the hearings are over, let's do this professionally, let's do it responsibly,' i think that's the right approach.

We have the power to act, and we must, the bottom line is that we allow dangerous people to buy guns in America and that has got to change. In the coming days, Congress must take a stand against hate, terrorism, and this horrific gun violence.

There is nothing to concede, secretary Clinton will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to win the Democratic nomination. She will be dependent on superdelegates.

I hate to think that this process in the Senate Judiciary Committee is being likened to a piñata contest where we are blindly going to swing at whoever that nominee or piñata is going to be, we have a responsibility to be fair.

I respected his knowledge of the subject, but I was also always struggling with his private life and his new public role in the negotiations.

There are things that the oil industry... should be willing to he... by Dick Durbin

There are things that the oil industry... should be willing to help us pay for in this country.

In the ongoing nationwide debate about the rising cost of college, one of the most basic and direct costs to students is often overlooked: textbooks.