Honorable Dick Durbin
United States Senator, Illinois, Democrat
Senator Durbin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. He was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1996. He sits on the following committees: Appropriations; Judiciary; and Rules and Administration. The following is from the September 13, 2017, Senate floor debate on an amendment to H.R. 2819, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, offered by Senator Rand Paul (KY-R). I want to stand in support of the statement just made by my colleague from Maryland. He knows, as I know, that our responsibilities as U.S. senators include important votes. Some…
