Amy Klobuchar

I am a big supporter of treatment.

So your answer to that, for my law enforcement people out there who are listening to this very carefully, would be that it is not like we are going to disregard the fact that guns are used with these crack crimes, that you are going to use…

I think that is very important for people to know, and I do think it gets at Senator Feinstein's retroactivity question to some degree, which I think is going to be very difficult.

What we would propose is through the working group and making recommendations ultimately is either through enhancements or through further legislation that we ensure that those who are trafficking in crack cocaine, for instance, who are…

I think part of this was--which I still see today--the scourge of crack cocaine and what it does and the very violent offenses that get committed with it.

The evidence on drug courts is overwhelmingly positive. It is among the most positively evaluated of all the interventions we've looked at.

I think that is a good point.

Thank you for your leadership in this area for so many years.

We're looking forward to the GAO study and trying to get to the bottom of this so we do everything we can to protect kids.

Keeping our waters clean in Minnesota actually promotes our economy.

Fraud is just so relevant in this particular set of circumstances from the very beginning.

I think that is just another example of the very effective political influence that is going on by a lot of these banking institutions.

Who says that the House and Senate can't work together?

I have read since the Judiciary Committee hearing, you have had hundreds of tips come in.

I wouldn't advertise it that way. We know what it is like when people call to vent.

So for people who don't have the time to wade through all of that, what is your summary of where this money is being spent, so the American people know it is not all of these bonuses and the scandals.

Because you and I discussed the kind of perfect storm that the Justice Department is facing, and you are facing.

I hear it over and over again that they are not doing LEED because it is just too expensive.

I am working on some legislation--and I hope others will join me--with the upcoming reauthorization of the transportation bill.

One of the things that Congressman Oberstar and I have learned is that there is supposed to be money set aside for bridge maintenance, but oftentimes that money goes to building new projects.

I think we will be working a lot together because I do not just serve on this Committee but, like Senator Lautenberg, also serve on the Environmental Committee where we are doing the transportation bill in the coming year.

We cannot do this in a cocoon.

I have to get used to these things on the House side.

That is a simple test.

We have a number of healthy banks in Minnesota, our community banks.