Amy Klobuchar

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…

You cannot just plop someone back after serving in a very difficult situation day to day and then expect them to be calling the pizza place.

Minnesota started the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Program for the National Guard, and it is now going across the country.

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

I am leading a bill with Senators Collins, Murkowski, and McCaskill, and I have gotten all 17 women Senators on the bill, Democrats and Republicans.

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

The other piece about this I think is just that you have laws that were so outdated, and that is why we are trying to update them

I am so interested in making sure that we reauthorize the VAWA bill and that we do it in a good way.

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.

That is what is happening.

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

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

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

It has been very helpful.

It is a national tragedy.

And in fact some of them--Alexandria Tech, which is one of the best ones in the country--has a 96 percent placement rate right now.

No, it does not make any sense.

And that is partly why we are at a 6.6 percent unemployment rate.

I remember that I noticed there was a marked difference at the beginning of this year when I was back on the weekends and they were running 24/7.

My State has hung in there during the economic downturn because of manufacturing and companies like yours, Mr. Wetherington.

I want to thank Senator Leahy for his leadership and Senator Sessions in his leadership in this area of financial fraud.

I want to thank both of you for testifying, and, also, both Senator Blumenthal and Senator Grassley for being here.

I would hope that it would be under investigation by the Department of Justice.

I think it can have not only the prevention of the fraud, but actually can help fiscally better than any other area.

Senator Blumenthal is a former prosecutor and Senator Grassley is certainly someone who counts the money and makes sure the taxpayers get the bang for the buck.