231 Quotes by Dick Durbin

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I'm going to do what is best for the caucus.

We must institute reasonable, common-sense limits, such as barring those with a history of mental instability, those with a history of violent crime or adjudged dangerous and subject to restraining orders, and those whose names have been placed on a terrorist watch list from owning weapons.

I'm confident ITT will get what it deserves.

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

We've had enough with the gun traffickers and straw purchasers who buy guns out of state and sell them out of the trunks of their cars in Chicago.

Until we make campaigns affordable, then we're going to have too many members of Congress out rattling the cup with special interest groups.

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

I've known Al Franken for over 20 years. He is my friend. He was on the floor of the Senate announcing his resignation. I sat just a few feet away from him. He said it was the worst day in his political life. It was a somber feeling. It was a reality.