U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today led Senators in speeches on the Senate floor against President Trump’s $9.4 billion rescissions request to cut funding already appropriated by Congress—specifically the $1.1 billion cut to federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), including $700 million that provides critical funding for local public media. Should Republicans pass the President’s rescissions package, it would devastate more than 1,500 public radio and … Continue Reading
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released text messages, email exchanges, and documents further corroborating the whistleblower disclosures of Mr. Erez Reuveni, formerly the Acting Deputy Director for the Office of Immigration Litigation at the Department of Justice, on Emil Bove’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. On the disclosures and the status of Mr. Bove’s judicial nomination, which is eligible f… Continue Reading
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today participated in a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing entitled “A Future Without Type 1 Diabetes: Accelerating Breakthroughs and Creating Hope.” During the hearing, Durbin advocated for robust federal funding for medical research institutions, particularly for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), that have been critical in studying and developing treatments for diabetes. Durbin began … Continue Reading
March 13, 2025