Amy Klobuchar

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:30 p.m., adjourned until Friday, May 27, 2011, at 9:30 a.m…

The first rollcall vote when we return will be at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 6. That vote will be on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Donald Verrilli to be Solicitor General of the United States. ____________________

It is somewhat hypocritical that certain States got exempt when one State whose basketball team is named the Timberwolves is left with no wolf management funds.

I think you are aware that Senator Thune, Senator Grassley, Senator Harkin, and I, and a number of other people, Senator Stabenow, have been working on that glide path.

I sincerely hope that we do not make the mistake of creating that cliff.

My biggest fear is we are going to start being dependent on foreign food and foreign oil.

I think it is right. And then the Deficit Commission, which was a bipartisan effort, actually is very different.

I know he asked about the Ryan budget, the Republican budget that came over from the House...

I appreciate that as well as the work that you have done with exports, as has been pointed out.

I truly believe that we are not going to grow as a Nation in the life sciences, or in any of our innovative industries if we are simply a country that focuses on churning money on Wall Street, and importing our way, and building debt.

We are putting up a sign that says: Go put your money elsewhere. And I think that has to change.

Fatigue and sleep deprivation among air traffic controllers is a serious issue and I appreciate the chairwoman for having this hearing.

The more we can list some of these as clearly illegal, that helps you with your education process, makes parents aware of this new phenomenon with these drugs that I do not think anyone ever anticipated a decade ago.

I have a bill--Senators Grassley and Schumer have one, on certain types of synthetics.

The take-back programs are great. They are becoming more and more popular.

You know what this bill does, acknowledging that prescription drugs are the No. 2 way that kids can get addicted to drugs, the drugs sitting around in their parents' medicine cabinets.

Thank you to both of our witnesses. Director Kerlikowske and I worked together back when he was police chief and I was county attorney.

We have to make sure that they are the ones that are able to make that choice.

I believe we need some rules of the road.

We are trying to push for this honey standard, which I do not think we have yet from the FDA, and then also just increase prosecutions.

Senator Schumer has been involved in this, as well, but in Minnesota, it is real jobs.

I hope that is something that you will consider as you look at the border facility.

I think it is really important.

This is the opportunity for rural America to catch up.

Will AT&T commit to offering smaller wireless carriers data roaming agreements at reasonable rates?