Sen. Durbin Issues Comments on Senate Floor About Recognizing 70 Years of McDonald's
April 10, 2025
April 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025:
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Mr. President, I am the son of an immigrant from East St. Louis, IL. As a reminder to myself, I keep my mother's naturalization certificate on a table behind my desk in the U.S. Capitol. She came to the United States from Lithuania, fleeing oppression from the Soviet Union, when she was just 2 years old. Little did she know that her youngest son wo . . .
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Mr. President, I am the son of an immigrant from East St. Louis, IL. As a reminder to myself, I keep my mother's naturalization certificate on a table behind my desk in the U.S. Capitol. She came to the United States from Lithuania, fleeing oppression from the Soviet Union, when she was just 2 years old. Little did she know that her youngest son wo . . .