Amy Klobuchar: “I first rise today to thank my colleague for his comments. I am very pleased that this process may now move forward--the…”

“I first rise today to thank my colleague for his comments. I am very pleased that this process may now move forward--the one that was stymied because of a bill that, as my friend from Colorado just pointed out, would kick millions of people off of healthcare, jack up their premiums, and really was an effort to pass the buck to the States without the bucks. I think that is one of the reasons we saw our Republican Governors in Nevada and in Ohio opposing this effort. I thank him for his leadership on the relevant committees and his passion for this issue. I would agree with him that people in my State, the State of Minnesota, just like the State of Colorado--we have a lot of independent sorts in both our States, and they want to see us get things done. We now have the opportunity to do that.”