Without a legislative fix, the question is how do we hold these non-Indian offenders responsible?

The shortage of law enforcement officials in Indian Country account for the lack of prosecutions and enforcement of domestic violence.

we owe Indian Country a special debt for our own negligence and our own guilt in not fully funding education and fully funding law enforcement and fully funding health care that we, by treaty, we are supposed to do.

We have recognized that the need was so tremendous.

Mr. Speaker, I too rise today because it's obvious to all of us we need initiatives that make America more competitive. We need to tap into the can-do spirit of Americans and out-innovate the rest of the world, all those things that made…

Our manufacturing is really on the upswing in Minnesota.

Ag exports are up, Madam Chair, 22 percent in Minnesota.

Senator Klobuchar has been instrumental in helping secure that loan guarantee.

I feel very strongly that the records do not have to go public, but records should be preserved.

We all know this debt isn't just going to go away. We all know we can't just close our eyes and click our heels and wish our debts away. In their report, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform wrote that ``every modest…

Madam President, I am here to talk about the recent bipartisan compromise on biofuels. I have come to the floor a number of times to talk about this country's biofuels policy. In the last month, I have worked on a bipartisan basis with…

That is what is happening.

I think some of you know that in my prior life I was a prosecutor for 8 years, and we had an award-winning domestic violence service center.

the other piece about this I think is just that you have laws that were so outdated, and that is why we are trying to update them

It's just one example of an industry practice that has cost consumers and businesses millions, if not billions, of dollars.

I believe that phone companies and third-party aggregators need to crack down on crooks who are stealing from our citizens and our businesses.

I just have one. Maybe I am just trying to interest you, Dr.

Last January, she and I joined together and talked about the filing of a consumer fraud lawsuit.