Amy Klobuchar

Senator Klobuchar was largely responsible for the Minnesota law which made repeat drunk driving offenses a felony.

From the moment she was elected county attorney, she fully understood the power of DNA testing to protect women and children.

We just can't let this rules sit for 12 years.

NextGen is a priority for me as well.

I want to thank you for this.

America's position to continue to be a strong leader in innovation... it's threatened.

Thank you very much. And thank you, Senator Pryor, for holding this important hearing.

I think that is why we called the farm bill the Food Security Act, just how important it is for us to be able to produce our own food.

I want to thank you for your great help in addressing the flooding in the Red River Valley for both Minnesota and North Dakota.

I have learned from talking to people in Minnesota that the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative has been much smoother in our State.

I have just always found that no matter what agency you are dealing with, or what level of government, that that transparency really can spur people to action, if that information gets out there.

Just to follow up on Senator Lautenberg's questions.

I want to, first of all, focus on this unemployment number.

I've seen it firsthand in our agricultural community in Minnesota. You know, we could--I could eat as much bacon as I want on TV to show that pork doesn't have H1N1, but what really helps, is when China finally opens its markets to our…

As you know, we discussed that the President held a jobs forum yesterday, with more than 100 CEOs and small business owners, business leaders, mayors, academics, to figure out what we should be doing here in Washington, beyond what's…

I think that chart is a very good way of looking at this, even though we know people are still suffering.

I think we have a lot of common names in Minnesota. We have a lot of Johnsons and things like that.

I introduced legislation to require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a comprehensive cleared list for innocent travels.

If you look at the Madoff case at the SEC, that is the most glaring example.

I am one of the sponsors of the Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act which President Obama signed into law.

I have always said one way to build support for it is by making sure that people have skin in the game across the country.

We have a bill right now that I have with Senator Crapo.

We banned lead in children's products, and I was very proud of that work.

Thank you, Senator Lautenberg, for your leadership.

I applaud Senator Lautenberg's efforts on this issue.