Amy Klobuchar: “I rise in support of Laura Provinzino's nomination to serve as the next U.S. district court judge for the District of…”

“I rise in support of Laura Provinzino's nomination to serve as the next U.S. district court judge for the District of Minnesota. I want to thank Senators Durbin and Graham for working with me and both of them for supporting her and to move her nomination through the Judiciary Committee. I want to thank Leader Schumer for making the time and Leader McConnell for the Senate to consider her nomination and also to thank my friend and colleague Senator Smith for her work in support of this nomination. We jointly had a committee made up of esteemed members of the bar that made recommendations to the White House. Ms. Provinzino is a distinguished public servant who has served the people of Minnesota as a Federal prosecutor. As an assistant U.S. attorney, she has led efforts to prosecute violent crime, human trafficking, child trafficking, and crimes against Native American women. Through her devotion to justice and the rule of law, she has earned the respect and support of attorneys and law enforcement across our State. That is why she received a bipartisan vote in the Judiciary Committee and why I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will support her. Public service runs deep in her family, and her family roots stretch across all corners of our State, from the Iron Range up north to the small rural town of Melrose, where her great-grandparents ran the local paper, to the Twin Cities metro area. Like her father, she was born and raised in St. Cloud, MN.…”