| 10/22/2009 |
Food safety regulation: Sen. Dick Durbin-proposed legislation to empower FDA has many backers
"Hardly a week goes by that there isn't a report of an outbreak of food-borne illness or death in America," Durbin said. "The current system really just reacts to food illness. We have to have a system that is protective of consumers" by preventing outbreaks or nipping them in the bud. |
| 10/15/2009 |
Durbin and Holder meet on youth violence
“While federal funding and legislation is not enough to repair the damage done to so many Chicago families, it will provide the resources needed to put an end to the violence and help communities rebuild,” he said. “I am committed to doing everything I can to see that Illinois has all available resources to help local communities provide a safe environment for our children.” |
| 10/05/2009 |
Durbin Proposes Grant Program for College Textbooks
"I've been in a battle for years now with the textbook publishers who've been ripping off kids and their families, I think, with outrageous charges for textbooks," Durbin says. "Now, we've got to find ways to deliver the information that young people need to learn in the most cost-effective way. I think this is it." |
| 09/27/2009 |
Durbin Supports Public Option in Health Insurance Reform Bill
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who does not sit on the Finance Committee, says he's for a public option, unless someone has a better idea. "I'm trying to keep an open mind," he said. "If someone has another alternative which guarantees that there'll be competition with the private health insurance companies so we can keep costs down, make them more affordable, and make sure the coverage is there when you need it, I'm open to it." |
| 09/23/2009 |
Durbin discusses help for homeless vets
Looking for ways to help homeless veterans, the Illinois congressional delegation met Wednesday at the Capitol with Tammy Duckworth, the state’s former veterans affairs director and now an official in the Veterans Affairs Department. |
| 09/19/2009 |
Durbin hosts panel discussion on health care reform
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin gathered input on overhauling health care from medical providers, hospital officials and a businessman during a panel discussion Friday at Anderson Hospital. |
| 09/13/2009 |
Durbin announces $750,000 grant to Chicago Fire
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced Wednesday that the United States Fire Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security, has awarded a $779,520 grant to the Chicago Fire Department. |
| 08/02/2009 |
Durbin Remembers Ted Kennedy
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says Kennedy had a big impact on America. "There is hardly a major piece of legislation that hasn't had his imprint," Durbin said, speaking via phone from France. "I don't know that anyone in the history of our country is liable to be able to have touched as many lives as Ted Kennedy did as a U.S. senator." |
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