WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - Ahead of America's 250th anniversary, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement on the importance of recognizing our nation's progress during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing. During his opening, Durbin reflected on the history of America-including the values our Founding Fathers envisioned and the many contributions from immigrants in the last 250 years.
Key Quotes:
"We must also reckon honestly with the Founders' failures. The men who signed the Declaration enslaved people. They proclaimed liberty while denying it to millions. Slavery was the nation'...