Dick Durbin Quotes (89 Quotes)

may be a very competent individual. But how in the world can we get to the truth of the question as to what went wrong with Hurricane Katrina -- how can we really hope to discover the incompetence that led to all this human suffering and devastation -- if the administration is going to investigate itself.

The VA cannot correct its errors by taking money away from veterans who depend on that income.

I am hopeful that the fact that this investigation is going forward will be a clear signal to the oil companies to bring down their prices immediately so that we can have some relief.

I don't see any retreat when it comes to our basic values, ... We feel that what we stand for is still very important to the future of this country. How we present it and how we describe it, maybe we need to look at more carefully. But I didn't hear anybody sounding retreat as I called around to our caucus. We want to make certain that we pick and choose our battles selectively and that we are unified when we do have to take a stand.

We all join the President in applauding the sacrifices made by our brave men and women in uniform. But we must continue to provide them the tools they need to accomplish the difficult tasks they face.

When they came to us five or 10 years ago, no one could ever have dreamed within days of the completion of this building, they would have made this historic decision,

Wesley Clark's name never came up once, but Kerry mentioned his interest in Dick Durbin several times. He made it clear that Durbin is very much on his list.

They faced the possibility that Congress would have told them in a matter of days not to do this.

at this time in light of the national security interests in question.

How soon will these Iraqi battalions be prepared to defend their own nation so America can come home

Oh, my goodness. The July 10th Phoenix memo. We're turning this over to Congress. The whole world's going to see this.

Appearing with Hatch on CBS's Face the Nation, ... is not what America is all about. Those aren't the values that we're fighting for.

He's doing a good job in terms of grass roots support for the party, but he understands, as we do, nobody's hanging on every word from the chair of the Democratic National Committee,

apparently disagreed with 23 years ago.

We will have health care reform in America.

a man who can help heal the divisions of our nation.

It is only with valid, credible, good intelligence that we are able to anticipate someone who is trying to cause harm to the American people or to strike us in our territory or to, frankly, attack our special interests around the world. Intelligence is a critical part of our national defense.

This amendment ensures that any funds received by the owners of Evergreen Terrace will be used for the benefit of the residents, and it creates a system of accountability that makes sure that, at the end of the day, the tenants are the top priority.

It's going to make for a very difficult line of inquiry at our hearing, but we have to understand what she's all about, what her values and beliefs are, so we can make an informed judgment,

I don't think we should race to a conclusion here, ... Ordinarily it takes six to eight weeks to evaluate a Supreme Court nominee. We shouldn't rush to judgment.

If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it and families can't afford it. We're going to see people turned down from pre-existing conditions. We're going to find the Medicare doughnut hole - a gap in coverage that's going to hurt a lot of seniors.

When his party turned on him, he was in trouble and she was in trouble.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who saw a presentation on the sensors Monday, said it looked promising. There have been too many horror stories of infants who've been gravely injured by air bags, ... I'm pleased we're going to make auto travel safer, particularly for infants.

I think it would be a clean break for this President.I think we need a strong president with credible leadership,

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.

Apparently the White House believes she doesn't have any burden to prove she deserves a lifetime appointment.

If he is suggesting an open-ended, long-term commitment, I'm afraid that's not good enough,

What the president has been saying for the last few weeks is unacceptable You have to be quiet and you have to be loyal and otherwise you undercut our troops,' ... The best thing we can do for our troops is get a strategy for success, so they can come home with a victory.

Absent a court decision that voids that or some other last-minute change, we're going to have a much different Air Guard facility here,

I worry... he will tip the balance of the scales of justice. He will tip the balance against protecting our basic privacy and personal freedoms. He will tip the balance in favor of presidential power even when it violates the law.

the greatest moral tragedy of our time.

The credibility of the president is on the line. And I believe that he should move forward as quickly as possible to call for a full investigation. We should be able to point to those people fully responsible for putting that misleading language in the State of the Union address. They should be held accountable, and they should be dismissed.

Words of tribute are in order to honor the sacrifice of these brave men and women and their loved ones. But words are not enough. We owe them leadership and a clear strategy to bring our troops home with their mission truly accomplished.

At the very least, Mr. Gonzales helped to create a permissive environment that made it more likely that abuses would take place.

Whenever we asked Judge Roberts basic questions about his moral compass and his life experience, he declined to answer.

The president and the vice president must be held accountable. Accountable for misleading the American people, accountable for the disclosure of classified material for political purposes. It is as serious as it gets in this democracy.

He wants to work with people around the world, and he couldn't work with people in his own office. And he's supposed to be open, as our man at the U.N., to ideas from other people. And he's been a real tyrant when it came to people he worked with, who disagreed with him. This man doesn't have the temperament for this job.

This opportunity is slipping through our hands like grains of sand.

The illegal trafficking in prescription medications constitutes a particularly troublesome aspect of the substance abuse problem in America.