WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin calls for his passage of his STOP CSAM Act, DEFIANCE Act, and Child Marriage Prevention Act before Anti-Trafficking in Persons policy roundtable Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke before an Anti-Trafficking in Persons (ATIP) Policy Roundtable event, a biannual gathering sponsored by Street Grace that brings together leaders from  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL)--Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee--joined U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tina Smith (D-MN) in sending a letter to Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sat down with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Health and Hospital System Acting CEO Dr. Erik Mikaitis in his Washington office to discuss the County's health priorities. In their discussion, Durbin and the Cook County leaders spoke about the need to prevent cuts scheduled for December 31 to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share H more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Dr. Aondover Tarhule, President of Illinois State University, to discuss the university's plans to build a new STEM facility to house modern laboratories and teaching spaces to support student enrollment and workforce development in engineering, nursing, data science, biology, chemistry, pre-medicine, and ecological sciences. Once complete, the bu more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Tina Smith (D-MN) in sending a letter to Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In speech on the Senate floor, Durbin marks the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attack and remembers those lost Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor recognizing the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. During his speech, Durbin recalled the sobering day and honored the innocent lives lost during the horrendous attac more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) were joined by U.S. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania-01), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio-09), Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina-02) and Mike Quigley (D-Illinois-05) in introducing a bill to endorse the ten-year bilateral security agreement between the United States and Ukraine and affirm the United States' commitmen more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor on the need for Supreme Court ethics reform, including a clear, enforceable code of conduct for Supreme Court justices. The floor speech comes after Durbin called for Justice Clarence Thomas's recusal from any case involvin more PR