Amy Klobuchar

I think VAWA has done a great deal of work in ensuring that the programs that are recipients of their money make sure that all of the services that are provided to women and to the children are also provided to male victims.

I especially want to thank Senator Amy Klobuchar for her continued unwavering support, her work, and her focus on these issues.

My concern here is that we do not cut back on some of the services that we need the most for our victims to put themselves back in the job market and really break the cycle.

As we know, our economy is starting to rebound from the devastating job losses and the housing crisis that it has experienced over the past 2 years.

I disagreed with some of his testimony.

It's remarkable, as my colleagues have noted, how quickly technology has changed over the last few years.

Clearly, the online world has changed dramatically.

As I was saying, Mr. President, this country has done well not by saying no but by saying yes and by moving ahead and getting things done. We can't let this continue. We have to put these rules in place. Some of our colleagues on the other…

We are really excited about the Travel Promotion Act and look forward to working with you.

It is just my impression, having only been here for 4 years, that since you have come in, you have worked very hard on these border issues.

I think having our Tourism Subcommittee... look at it in a different way, in terms of the function of those parks for jobs and for education.

If we didn't have Wi-Fi, they wouldn't come to our park.

So, the idea is, on their iPods, these people that are traveling across country, they can download info on the park.

Every 1 percent we lost to that international tourism business--we've gone down 20 percent since 9/11--has cost us 170,000 jobs in this country.

I think if every community that has a park have--make sure that there's money for the park to bring those kids into that park, would help get kids excited about it.

Right. And then you went from 19,000 visitors in 2007 to 50,000 last year, a 30,000 jump.

We all talk about bringing peace to the world. I can think of no better way to encourage peace than to encourage people from all over the world to enjoy the spiritual sanctuary of our National Parks.

I just wanted to go back to what can be tension, but can turn into a positive thing.

This is a new marketing technique.

Thanks to the support and work of this committee, and particularly Senators Rockefeller, Klobuchar, Dorgan, and Ensign, the Travel Promotion Act was approved by Congress and signed into law of--March of this year.

We're here today to examine the value of national parks as tourist destinations.

AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota, Chairman

Well, thank you very much, Senator Sessions.

There is no indication that Judge Chatigny sought to nullify Ross's death sentence.

If you felt that he was firmly competent, had no questions about that, the fact that he waived his remedies and was going to be executed, that wouldn't be a problem for you.