Honorable Richard Durbin
United States Senator, Illinois, Democrat
Senator Durbin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. He is the Senate Majority Whip. The following is excerpted from the March 4, 2009, Senate floor debate on the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009.There is an amendment pending — and it is an amendment offered by Senator [Roger] Wicker of Mississippi — which is one of those red-hot amendments that gets people riled up around here because it deals with a controversial issue, and that is the issue of abortion. Of course, many of us have stated our positions on the record time and again, but this comes…
