Thank you for your e-mail message. I am pleased to be serving the people of Illinois in the Senate seat once held by Senators Paul Douglas and Paul Simon and hope to continue their legacy of concern for the working families, seniors, and children of our state and the nation.

I appreciate your taking the time to contact me with your concerns, comments or requests. If you are from Illinois and have included your U.S. postal address I will respond to your message with a written response through the U.S. mail. If your address wasn't in your email and you wish for me to respond please include your original email as well as your U.S.Postal address in your reply and I will be more than happy to reply to your email.

Thanks again for contacting my office.

Sincerely,

Richard J. Durbin
United States Senator

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