Quotes from Dick Durbin

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 of law and respect for human rights.

I'm confident ITT will get what it deserves.

If we're going to have tax cuts, let's focus on those in lower and middle income groups. Make sure that they get the breaks they need to continue to try to provide for their families.

More people working and paying taxes reduces government expenditures and helps us move a little closer to balance.

If the Department of Education is serious about fighting for students and protecting taxpayers, a full ban of mandatory arbitration clauses is a no-brainer.

I'm disappointed in Burger King's decision to renounce their American citizenship. I call on companies currently mulling this tax dodge to reconsider and on Congress to protect U.S. taxpayers from more of these schemes.

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 of law and respect for human rights.

Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.

I want to continue to serve as whip of the caucus.

I certainly want to be the whip, and that's an election every two years in the Senate Democratic caucus.

When I hear my friend John Boehner say that we have the best health care in the world, I don't dispute it for a moment. If I were sick, this is the country I want to be in, with these doctors, these hospitals, and these medical professionals.

Like so many large companies in the U.S., Monsanto has prospered in large part due to U.S. taxpayer-funded programs and services.

Magazine clips with more than 10 rounds should be prohibited from civilian use.

Since 2000, I have proposed changing the Constitution so that our popular vote decides the presidency.

We have to talk about the way we finance campaigns.

No one should be allowed to purchase more than two firearms a month.

These are men and women who are willing to risk their lives in defense of their country. And the fact that their orientation - sexual orientation's been held against them is a blot on our nation's reputation.

I prefer Raisin Bran. But I like the Mini-Wheats.

America wins when the voiceless have a seat at the table, when the vulnerable are protected, and when working families have the same political clout as the wealthy.

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Any reports of animal cruelty should be thoroughly investigated and those operators held accountable.

And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created - are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place.

We've had enough with the gun shows where you can buy from private sellers with no FBI background check.

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