Senator Dick Durbin

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This bill gives relatives of homicide victims the right to petition to have their loved one’s federal case file reviewed after the case has gone cold for three years, with the possibility of a full reinvestigation—helping families find closure and preventing additional violence. — PolitiTweet.org

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Time for fresh eyes on how FDA fulfills its public health duty. Health leaders must use every tool under the law to prevent kids from a lifetime of nicotine addiction—something I discussed in a meeting with @SecBecerra today about protecting kids from e-cigarettes & tobacco. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenateDems: Tune in now to see @SenSchumer, @SenatorDurbin, @PattyMurray, and @SenStabenow live from the Capitol. https://t.co/UuhBeddA… — PolitiTweet.org

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As letter carriers across the nation continue to experience an uptick in violence and crime on the job, I'm leading a group of IL lawmakers in calling on @USPS to do more to ensure their safety as they serve the public. You can read our full letter here: https://t.co/wW9bW5MnPZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaking live on the Senate floor: https://t.co/lUOZixSWgp — PolitiTweet.org

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It has not even been a month since the Dobbs decision and Republican officials are already finding ways to intimidate doctors who are trying to provide essential care to Americans. Tragically, but not surprisingly, overturning Roe has created a health care crisis in this country. https://t.co/whTDKPys2b — PolitiTweet.org

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Baseball is the only American professional sport with a general exemption from antitrust laws—and it's affecting the ability of MiLB players to make a decent living. Professional ballplayers are American workers, and we need to make sure they get to play on a fair & level field. — PolitiTweet.org

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There is no excuse for @US_FDA’s persistent failures on food safety. If the Food and Drug Administration is incapable of handling both food and drugs, then I think it’s time for a new agency—the Food Safety Administration—to take over. — PolitiTweet.org

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The American people are sick and tired of overpriced prescription drugs, and @SenateDems have a plan to lower costs. If Senator McConnell and Senate Republicans want to side with Big Pharma over patients in this fight, then bring it on. https://t.co/htLTRQmDJj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenSchumer: This Senate has now confirmed 70 federal judges appointed by @POTUS. And this week, we are going to keep going by confirmi… — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaking live on the Senate floor: https://t.co/PxHeauvRm7 — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin

.@US_FDA continues to bungle the regulation of e-cigarettes. Meanwhile thousands of our kids are becoming vaping addicts. The tobacco lawyers are running rings around the FDA. — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s time to learn the truth about crypto. Let’s start with the obscene amounts of electricity needed to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Families and businesses in America will pay the price for crypto’s mining ventures. — PolitiTweet.org

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It was a pleasure to speak at @Thresholdschi and discuss the $1M in federal funding I secured to expand its mental health & trauma services for young adults. I look forward to seeing their growth thanks to this funding. https://t.co/Y77RHEhrsz — PolitiTweet.org

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History will not judge today’s Senate kindly if it fails to take any meaningful steps to deal with the climate crisis. We are leaving our children an increasingly dangerous planet to live on. — PolitiTweet.org

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Seize the day! If we can get relief from the spiraling cost of prescription drugs facing American families, take it. Is Republican Senate Leader McConnell really going to oppose our efforts to bring down the cost of prescription drugs? Bring it on. — PolitiTweet.org

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Indiana borders my home state of Illinois, and while our health care providers are ready to care for IN women traveling to seek essential care, this model legislation seeks to punish anyone who helps them seek this care—even as abortion remains legal here. That is beyond immoral. — PolitiTweet.org

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You can read more about our bill and the agency it would create—the Food Safety Administration—here: https://t.co/RLR6ex0TKN — PolitiTweet.org

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.@US_FDA has been plagued by one failure after another—from opioids to vaping to infant formula. That's why @rosadelauro and I are introducing a bill to transfer FDA’s food responsibilities to a new agency that we hope will have more success in protecting Americans’ food. — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaking live on the Senate floor: https://t.co/Y0P15Uk2KE — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s no secret that BOP has been plagued by misconduct, but I am hopeful that AG Garland and Deputy AG Monaco have chosen the right leader to clear out the bureaucratic rot and reform BOP. It is a tall order, and I look forward to working with Ms. Peters to help her succeed. — PolitiTweet.org

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While Republicans push draconian abortion bans, this week, @JudiciaryDems and @HELPCmteDems held the first hearings on a post-Roe America to discuss the grim reality patients and health care providers are facing and steps we should consider to fight for reproductive freedom. — PolitiTweet.org

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Women will die without Roe. Our health care system will be strained. We already have a heartbreakingly high maternal mortality rate—predicted to get worse with abortion bans. The cruelty of extreme anti-abortion lawmakers and judges puts the health & safety of Americans at risk. — PolitiTweet.org

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Americans deserve to know what is in their dietary supplements. I’m leading a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to bring improved transparency and safety to the dietary supplement market. My thoughts in @thehill: https://t.co/YtO3wJAhD3 — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaking live on the Senate floor: https://t.co/ZoHkXUnTg1 — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin

.@US_FDA raised alarm about the threat to America’s kids from vaping synthetic nicotine. So I led a bipartisan effort to close this loophole and provide FDA tools to protect public health. But the deadline is today to remove unauthorized e-cigs from the market. Will FDA act? — PolitiTweet.org

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Black, Brown, indigenous, & frontline & environmental justice communities have been raising red flags on industrial polluters for generations. Our response has been too little, too late. As the WV v EPA decision demonstrates, our system still fails them. https://t.co/glNyLkofDZ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenDuckworth: As we continue to mourn the Highland Park massacre and all lives lost to preventable gun violence, it was important for m… — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m live on the Senate floor, discussing one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential, and disastrous, terms in American history. Watch live: https://t.co/5xO0dodnkd — PolitiTweet.org

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We know the Republican plan: win control of Congress and impose a federal ban on abortion. Democrats have a different plan: protect your rights by enshrining into law a federal statutory right to an abortion. Politicians have no business making this decision. — PolitiTweet.org