Dick Durbin

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

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. ”

It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments. ”

We have to talk about the way we finance campaigns. ”

Any reports of animal cruelty should be thoroughly investigated and those operators held accountable. ”

I prefer Raisin Bran. But I like the Mini-Wheats. ”

We have to really appeal to that sensible center. ”

It simply isn't fair for senators to cut to the front of the line when seniors around the country have been forced to wait for hours to get a flu shot. ”

Certain classes of weapons that are strictly military and have no useful purpose in sport, hunting, or self-defense should not be legally sold. ”

Those of us who believe in God and those of us who have dedicated our lives to helping others in the name of God don't want to take a second seat to anyone who is suggesting that one word out of the platform means that the Democrats across America are godless. ”