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Durbin Questions Witness During Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law hearing entitled, “Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights.”
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Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Judiciary Committee Hearing on Oversight of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
As sunset of Section 702 approaches, today’s hearing features testimony from five senior administration officials
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Durbin Questions Witnesses During Judiciary Committee Hearing on Oversight of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
As sunset of Section 702 approaches, today’s hearing features testimony from five senior administration officials
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Graham Applauds Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Calls For U.S. To Designate Wagner Group As Foreign Terrorist Organization
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member, today made this statement after Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin sent a letter urging the Biden Administration to designate the Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization.
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Senate Judiciary GOP to Durbin: Refocus Committee’s Efforts on Border Crisis, Fentanyl Epidemic Instead of Partisan Attacks on Conservative SCOTUS Justices
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a letter signed by every Republican on the committee highlighting the partisan nature of committee Democrats’ campaign to destroy the reputation of conservative Supreme Court Justices.
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Durbin, Associate Attorney General Gupta, Assistant Attorney General Solomon Visit University of Chicago Crime Lab
On June 9 , U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, visited the University of Chicago Crime Lab with Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Amy Solomon at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Durbin, Warnock Statement on Supreme Court Decision Striking Down Alabama Congressional Map
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) today released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 5-to-4 decision that Alabama had diluted the power of Black voters and violated the Voting Rights Act by drawing a congressional voting map with a single district in which they made up a majority:
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Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Two Circuit Court Nominations to Full Senate
oday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance two circuit court nominations to the full Senate: Judges Ana de Alba to the Ninth Circuit and Irma Carrillo Ramirez to the Fifth Circuit.
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Durbin Questions District Court Nominees at Latest Judiciary Committee Nominations Hearing
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned Loren AliKhan, nominated to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia; Susan DeClercq, nominated to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan; Julia Munley, nominated to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; and Vernon Oliver, nominated to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut; at the latest Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing.
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Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Judiciary Committee Hearing on District Court Nominations
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Loren AliKhan, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia; Susan DeClercq, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan; Julia Munley, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; and Vernon Oliver, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
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Durbin Marks 10th Anniversary of Hadiya Pendleton’s Death, Calls Out Republicans for Attempts to Dismantle Existing Gun Safety Laws
In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin railed against Senate Republicans’ plans to weaken the National Firearms Act, a gun safety law that has been in place since 1934
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Durbin Fires Back After Harlan Crow Refuses to Voluntarily Cooperate with Information Requests Regarding Gifts to Justice Thomas
In speech on the Senate floor, Durbin repudiates Crow’s claim to separation of powers protections, makes clear “all options are on the table to acquire information”
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Durbin, Whitehouse Statement on Harlan Crow’s Continued Refusal to Provide Key Information Regarding Gifts and Travel Given to Justice Thomas
After receiving response to their May 26th letter, Durbin and Whitehouse say that “all options are on the table moving forward”
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Ahead of Debt Limit Vote, Durbin Continues to Call for Closure of Guantanamo Bay
Durbin: The time has come to deliver what little justice we can to the victims of 9/11 as well as their families
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Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Bipartisan Bill to Protect Children from Online Sexual Exploitation
Today’s vote marks the fifth bill to protect children’s safety online to pass out of the Committee
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Durbin, Menendez, Booker Lead Oversight Effort to Hold Companies Accountable for Contracting with Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. Which Unlawfully Employed Migrant Child Labor
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), alongside several Senate colleagues, sent letters to nine companies that contracted with Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. (PSSI), which the Department of Labor (DOL) found was unlawfully employing migrant child labor at these host companies’ facilities.
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Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Immigrant Workers, Agriculture, and Need for Immigration Reform
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled, “From Farm to Table: Immigrant Workers Get the Job Done.”
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Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Durbin’s STOP CSAM Act to Crack Down on the Proliferation of Child Sex Abuse Material Online
On May 11, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to advance the Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023 (STOP CSAM Act).
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Durbin: Chief Justice Roberts Should Strengthen Supreme Court Ethics Standards Before the Court’s Summer Recess
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor about the need for stronger Supreme Court ethics standards before the Court recesses for the summer.
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Durbin, Whitehouse Send Follow Up Letter to Harlan Crow Seeking Full Information on Gifts, Travel, and Access Given to Supreme Court Justices
After a law firm representing Crow sent an inadequate letter in response to May 8th requests, Durbin and Whitehouse continue to press for key information