Amy Klobuchar

We have seen several deaths over the winter, as you know.

I have introduced and has been kicking around for a while that protects against carbon monoxide poisoning.

In March--either of you can answer this--38 Senators, including myself, signed a letter, it was bipartisan, to the Department of Transportation regarding Norwegian Air International's pending application for an exemption and foreign air…

If I could still do earmarks, I would put money in a number of these projects I have just mentioned.

Public service, I fully believe, is one of the very best ways that one can serve out of life

I want to thank our witnesses and thank Senator Pryor for holding this hearing, and Senator Wicker.

I included an amendment that would allow revenue from the incentive auction that wasn't allocated to FirstNet or paying down the deficit to go to Next Generation 911 upgrades.

If there is one thing every person is concerned about, I know from my former job as a prosecutor, is public safety, and we need to make sure that these new technologies are functional.

I do not think this is what our Founding Fathers wanted.

I think your argument about the corruption and what this is leading to is of great merit.

The fact that we have people participate matters, and the fact that that has been cut back on in North Carolina matters a lot.

We've had one in Minnesota and one in North Dakota.

We are working as hard as we can to get the rule out as soon as possible.

We need to have a transportation system that's up to the task.

We need to get MAP-21 done, and we need to move forward on these rail safety rules and everything else.

I think these statistics are pretty mind boggling in terms of women as they are aging and living longer.

I know there have been attempts in Congress to make it mandatory-opt-out--is that how you call it?

I would guess that would be more politically palatable.

I think society is losing a lot there.

Oh, it would certainly help. I mean you might get some political opposition from some quarters.

It really is a cry for strengthening Social Security moving forward.

And not in hell right now.

I also wanted to thank you--I know you have been of help in some cases in Minnesota, and also of help in a major drug bust that we had in our State involving heroin.

I think we are finding some startling statistics in our own country where we have learned that 83 percent of the victims actually are from our own country.

The bill that I drafted does create incentives for States to create safe harbors in their State law so they are not prosecuting the young victims.