WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after President Trump announced that he has unilaterally rescinded nearly $1 billion in funds that Congress has already approved for education programs, health research, assistance for minority owned businesses, immigration services, and support to foreign countries:
"The illegal power grab by Donald Trump continues. The real question is whether my Republican colleagues will finally find their collective backbone and do something about it.
"Democrats fought for pocket rescission protection in the CR so this could never h...