WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth on Senate Floor: "Pete Hegseth is Unprepared, Unqualified, Unethical and Unfit to Be Secretary of Defense" January 16, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee who served 23 years in the Reserve Forces--delivered an impassioned speech on the Senate floor slamming U.S. Secretary of Defe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbiin Questions Outside Witnesses During Second Day Of Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing For President-Elect Trump's Pick To Be Attorney General, Pam Bondi January 16, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned outside witnesses during the second day of the Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Commemorates 10th Anniversary Of Water For The World Act With Speech On Senate Floor January 16, 2025 The legislation, in conjunction with the Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act, has provide-first time, sustainable access to clean water to more than 76 million people WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor commemorating   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Requests Material From DOD, ODNI, & DOJ Related To Kash Patel, President-Elect Trump's Pick To Lead The FBI January 16, 2025 Durbin's request related to accusations of either misconduct or conspiracy with another official during Mr. Patel's tenure in the Executive Branch as a career civil servant & a political appointee WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ran  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement Of Biden-Harris Administration's Selection Of 15 Additional Prescription Drugs For Medicare Price Negotiations January 17, 2025 Because of authority granted by Congress in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the next set of medications that Medicare ewill negotiate for lower prices WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On President Biden Commuting Sentences Of Nearly 2,500 Non-Violent Drug Offenders January 17, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced the commutation of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses: "I authored the Fa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On President Biden Recognizing Ratification Of The ERA January 17, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Biden announced his position on the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which enshrines gender equality into the Constitution: "The Equa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Bipartisan Group Of Senators Urge NATO Secretary General To Monitor Increased Russian Hybrid Attacks Facing NATO Members, Particularly In And Around The Baltic Region January 16, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Co-Chairs of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, along with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking M  more