U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke on the floor of the United States Senate to call on Congress to "face facts and acknowledge the obvious: weather is getting worse."
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Gov. Pat Quinn for a high-speed rail demonstration on an Amtrak line in the Chicago-St. Louis corridor. The project is supported by the federal Recovery Act.