Amy Klobuchar

Complex and deceitful lending practices were at the heart of the financial crisis, and as we work to reform Wall Street we must ensure that the homes and the home equity of Americans are not put at unnecessary risk. With 1 in 7…

We are going to discuss stronger safety regulations obviously going forward and you are supportive of doing that.

You are committed to paying for this.

We are very concerned about the damages.

We are a responsible party, and we are acting that way. We intend to continue doing that.

How do you compensate the American people for lost tourism, lost tax revenue, lost fishing trips, lost endangered species, wildlife, critical habitat?

Thank you very much, Chairman Boxer.

The Texas City disaster was caused by organizational safety and safety deficiencies at all levels of the BP Corporation.

The American people want to know when this disaster will end.

It is not acceptable for a floating oil rig the size of a football field to burst into flame.

The scope of this disaster is staggering. But for 11 families, the lost cannot be quantified.

Having managed an office of 400 people--a government office, a local county attorney's office--I can't even imagine trying to run that place without having my top people in place and that kind of security. It is very difficult to cut…

Because to me that just seems outrageous that those that have been serving our country have a higher unemployment rate.

This month we have added 290,000 jobs, which is the largest gain since March of 2006.

Alright. And one last thing, because I am going to have to do a floor speech.

Okay. Very good. Thank you.

As we are looking at policies and what we can do to work with businesses--we've talked about small businesses.

I am a strong supporter of the Bipartisan Debt Commission led by Erskin Bowles and former Senator, Republican Senator Simpson.

When President Obama took office from President Bush, we were in a major financial crisis.

I always was struck by that as a statistic that people do not always look at.

Even though our unemployment rate in Minnesota is 7.4 percent, which is significantly below the national average, I get letters all the time that say, well, it might be 7.4 percent but in our household it is 100 percent.

She just told me, I have no dreams anymore.

And you think that the college professors know about the programs, opportunities that are available through STEM?

This enthusiasm and interest can't end on the stage of a high school science fair.

One other thing that you raised--and I cared a lot about this when I was in the office of the county attorney--was working on police training.