Honorable Richard J. 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 serves on the Appropriations Committee, the Budget Committee, the Ethics Committee, and the Governmental Affairs Committee. The following is from a November 1, 2000, Senate floor statement.Earlier this morning I held a press conference with a colleague of mine from the State of Illinois, Ray LaHood. Ray LaHood is a Congressman from the city of Peoria, and a Republican. It was interesting to see a bipartisan press conference at this point in the congressional…
