Amy Klobuchar

We still have a lot of people in our country that are hurting.

So presumably that could help with that particular sector? Is that right?

I think you see people starting to believe that there is hope in this economy.

Didn't you once tell me that temporary help services--or maybe someone else did--is always a sign that there could be some improvement, or not?

We're still not where we should be.

I care a lot about this agency, and I think some of it came from my work as a prosecutor for 8 years.

The assessment explores how climate change could threaten U.S. security in the next 20 years.

The No. 1 thing the Prime Minister there raised was climate change because they are on the ocean.

I care very much about hearing about that today.

I hope they do that in politics, too.

I'm a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and have been closely monitoring the work that the FTC is doing in this area.

We also have to be careful about what is on TV. It makes a big difference in our kids' lives.

I wish there was some magic technology that would allow them to do that.

Senator Pryor authored a bill called the Safe Viewing Act, which became law this past December.

I think it has been taking too long at the EPA.

I think part of why some of these energy issues have been more bipartisan in our State is that people feel that they have a piece of the action.

The fact that 95.1 percent of utility companies had experienced copper theft in the past year; that 86.6 percent of utility companies had a process in place to track incidents of copper theft; and yet there were more than 50,000…

Thank you. Do you want to end just by saying why you think this Federal legislation is so important?

Thieves are more likely to target utilities that are located in cities or suburbs rather than rural areas.

I was thinking for me, then having this hearing and having worked on this bill, some of this was new to me.

To be sure, it must be coupled with legislation like we have here today in order to truly combat that problem.

I think it is also important to consider that these crimes... do have some effect or disruption on instrumentalities of interstate commerce.

I will never forget testifying at the legislature about this, and we actually had a case I was able to show.

We are simply trying to get the information that we can get so that we can help law enforcement to solve them.

I know and we know that the recordkeeping and retention requirements in the Klobuchar-Hatch bill will not end all metal theft across the country, but it is a positive, proactive step to helping law enforcement as we strive to reduce…