WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
Yesterday, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, received the Baltic Freedom Award from the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) for his strong connections to the Baltic countries and his continued leadership in Congress to strengthen Baltic security. Durbin was presented the award from the Lithuania diaspora-the country his mother immigrated from.
"As a proud son of a Lithuanian immigrant, I was honored to receive JBANC's Baltic Freedom Award," said Durbin. "Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the security threats facing the region have become more urgent, including Russian and Belaru...