Amy Klobuchar

What are the factors you are looking at exactly?

I think we know what the causes of obesity are, for the most part, and we know what we need to do to solve it.

I support the extension of these three provisions. I think that they are important.

I have found some common ground with prosecutors, defense lawyers, and police, that we always want to get the right person.

I do think that we have some common agreement on the need to move forward here with some of the recommendations from this report.

I think you're completely correct.

I think you need some sort of independent scientific research program.

Over 25 years ago, Minnesota was the first State in the Nation to adopt legislation to address acid rain.

So you can see why the President has made it a priority to try to get people to not just finish high school but to finish some, at least a year of college.

I think the other piece that people do not always think about is that the Stimulus--the Recovery Act was one-third of these investments, but the other one-third was shoring up state budgets and unemployment and things we have talked about…

I think in Minnesota of our Guard and Reserve. They left jobs behind, and then they come back and those jobs are no longer there.

Maybe it is because of my questions about this every month and all the CSPAN viewers seeing that, and then hiring Gulf War Veterans and people who are serving.

9.8 percent. So that seems closer than it was in the past.

We know we're not out of this, that this isn't going to turn around overnight.

People still continue to suffer.

Is that why one of my letters, that I will not read to you, referred to this as the 'man-session' instead of recession?

I want to follow up a little on the Chairwoman's questions about health care, and women, and unemployment.

The equality in job loss is not something I have been working for, but are women moving towards equality in job loss?

What is the unemployment rate now for Gulf War Era Veterans, those Veterans who have served in the Armed Services since September 2001?

So the answer to this woman, is, while she can't collect unemployment, you do look at including her kinds of numbers in your statistics?

There are people that are unemployed that at least can get unemployment, yet there are a lot of us that don't have any income at all.

And is that because people sort of take one step at a time and they think, well, our business is doing a little better, so, we'll get temporary services first?

I know we can and will do more and that we will do better.

But by 'improvement,' that means a slowing of the unemployment rate?

Thank you very much, Madam Chair.