We look forward to working with you to pass this important legislation expeditiously.

I think children are a particularly vulnerable population, requiring that early detection just as much as, or if not more, than others.

we look forward to working with you to pass this important legislation expeditiously.

Thank you so much for chairing this important hearing and calling it and for your leadership.

my first cosponsorship in this body was of the Employment Free Choice Act, and I was heartened that the Leadership Conference views passage of EFCA as necessary for fulfillment of our obligations under the Universal Declaration of Human…

I am proud to be a Senator on this day, and I am proud to be a Senator from Minnesota.

I do not think that is consistent with Article 9, Section 4 of that treaty, the requirement that anyone detained be afforded access to a court to challenge his or her detention.

Jurisdictions that have implemented a 'test all kits' policy have seen them climb to up to 70 percent.

The truth is, I think, that this is one of those issues in Congress where we all can agree on the big picture. Rape is a heinous crime, and we need to provide our law enforcement agencies with everything they need to prevent it and bring…

Last month, I introduced a bill, joined by my colleagues Senator Grassley and Senator Hatch and Senator Feinstein, that would create financial incentives for jurisdictions to process their rape kit backlogs and make sure that processing…

There is a problem with it in Minnesota that we are attempting to correct right now, but, yes, it is an issue.

These results clearly demonstrate how fruitful it can be to test this group of cases and this type of case.

From the moment she was elected county attorney, she fully understood the power of DNA testing to protect women and children.

Because it is not just DNA, right? There is even more evidence, other kinds of evidence. There is more than DNA.

So it builds trust to just have one.

But you are saying that you believe this happens in other States and it is the actual physical entry of the data?

Thank you very much, Senator Sessions.

Senator Klobuchar was largely responsible for the Minnesota law which made repeat drunk driving offenses a felony.