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03/19/2024 Durbin Delivers Remarks Honoring Dr. Fauci as he Receives the Senator Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government
03/13/2024 Durbin Meets with Bangladesh Ambassador to the U.S. to Urge an End to the Government's Troubling Harassment of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Yunus
11/14/2023 Durbin, Blumenthal, Hickenlooper Press Commissioner On Major League Baseball's Lobbying For An Exemption From Florida State Wage And Hour Requirements
10/17/2023 Durbin Releases Statement For The Record For Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Name, Image, And Likeness, And The Future Of College Sports
03/06/2023 Durbin Leads Colleagues In Calling For Update From Inter-American Commission On Human Rights On Investigation Into Death Of Cuban Political Reformer Oswaldo Payá
03/06/2023 Durbin Speaks On Senate Floor On Eve Of Bloody Sunday Anniversary, Underscores Continued Efforts To Protect Voting Rights
01/24/2023 Following The 50th Anniversary Of Roe V. Wade, Durbin Recommits To Protecting Reproductive Rights
12/07/2022 Durbin, MLB Announce New Netting Requirements For All Professional Development League Clubs To Increase Fan Safety
10/28/2022 Tweet - "My thoughts this morning are with @SpeakerPelosi 's family and her husband, Paul Pelosi, who was subjected to a brutal and deliberate attack in their home. Loretta and I are thinking of you and praying for your recovery. Violence is never acceptable."
10/21/2022 Tweet - "I'm here at Roberts Temple because telling Emmett Till's story is an important part of our history. That's why @SenDuckworth & I introduced the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site Act to add this site as a unit of the National Park System."
08/31/2022 Tweet - "I'm sorry, but I can't join a chorus of fond Gorbachev memories. In January 1991, his Soviet tanks rolled into my mother's homeland & killed 14 innocent Lithuanians standing in defense of their TV tower & democracy. Like Putin, Gorbachev used barbarism to try to destroy freedom."
08/01/2022 Tweet - Why I'm a Willson Contreras fan no matter what: After the World Series win, he came to see me and gave me an autographed bat as a thank you for helping his family. Remembering to say thank you is always classy."
07/18/2022 Durbin, Grassley, Blumenthal, Lee Seek Information From MLB About Antitrust Impact On Minor League Baseball
07/04/2022 Tweet - "Happy 4th of July! While this is a difficult chapter in American history, it's important to remember the progress we've made as a nation, and the work that still remains."
06/28/2022 Letter to Harry Marino, Executive Director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers - Durbin, Grassley, Blumenthal, Lee Seek Information About Antitrust and Minor League Baseball
06/28/2022 Tweet - "This bipartisan request for information will help inform the Committee about the impact of this antitrust exemption, especially when it comes to Minor League and international prospects. We need to make sure that all professional ballplayers get to play on a fair and level field."
04/29/2022 Tweet - "I'm honored to accept the Graham Taylor Champion of Change Award at today's @ChicagoCommons Spring Luncheon. I commend Chicago Commons for their dedication to empower individuals to overcome barriers and create better futures for themselves and their families."
04/28/2022 Tweet - On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the millions of Jews and other innocent people whose lives were stolen by the hatred of the Holocaust. May we never again allow ourselves to turn a blind eye to such atrocities and crimes against humanity."
04/19/2022 Tweet - "Yesterday I spoke at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to discuss the $10.2 million in federal funding I secured for the @IL_Natl_Guard and their Base Civil Engineer Complex for the 183rd Air National Guard Wing."
04/09/2022 Tweet - "Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Bataan Death March during WWII and National Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day. On this day, & always, we remember the sacrifice and courage of American POWs and recommit ourselves to doing everything we can to support them at home."
04/02/2022 Tweet - "Wishing a blessed and peaceful Ramadan to all the Muslims celebrating in Illinois and across the world. #RamadanMubarak"
03/29/2022 Durbin Honors Former Secretary Of State Madeleine Albright On Senate Floor
03/23/2022 Tweet - "Today, we lost a true public servant. A refugee herself, Secretary Albright was a glass ceiling breaker, a champion for democracy and human rights, and a true model of what it means to be an American diplomat. May her legacy serve as a guiding light to future generations."
03/10/2022 Tweet - "Baseball is back, and I'm glad to see an agreement was reached. But there are still significant issues with the way MLB operates under its antitrust exemption--issues that I continue to believe merit closer inspection."
03/08/2022 Durbin Statement On Senate Passage Of The Emmett Till Antilynching Act
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