For too long, domestic abuse was considered a family affair, and they would say what happened in a house didn't have to come into the courthouse.
Amy Klobuchar
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Amy Jean Klobuchar is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota since 2007. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, infrastructure, and technology during her tenure. Klobuchar has been recognized for her bipartisan efforts and has played a significant role in various legislative initiatives, including those aimed at improving access to healthcare and addressing climate change.
When a gun is present in the home, women in abusive situations are five times more likely to be killed.
We put in a version of the bill that I have been working on with Senator Hirono and others for years to make sure that people that are convicted of domestic abuse can't go out and buy a gun the next day.
The avian flu is a threat to so many States' livelihood of our turkey growers, poultry, egg layers.
Senator Thune and I lead a bill called the Agriculture Innovation Act to support farmers and ranchers getting better data to make more informed land use decisions.
I passed a bill on women in STEM just because I just see that, if we are going to add more workers and more workforce, we don't want to leave a whole bunch of our workers behind.
We thank Senator Klobuchar for her long and enduring support for ensuring that U.S. airline employees are protected.
I am working on a number of bipartisan efforts with Senators Duckworth, Thune, Moran, Fischer, and Kelly to expand the FAA's workforce development grant program.
My State has passed a number of commonsense gun safety laws to prevent convicted felons, fugitives from justice, and convicted stalkers and domestic abusers from getting a gun.
But we also know that when a gun is present in the home, women in abusive situations are five times more likely to be killed.
For too long, domestic abuse was considered a family affair, and they would say what happened in a house didn't have to come into the courthouse.
As part of the gun safety bill, on a bipartisan basis, we put in a version of the bill that I have been working on with Senator Hirono and others for years to make sure that people that are convicted of domestic abuse can't go out and buy…
I think it is a scare tactic. The PRO Act would do nothing to inhibit independent contracting when they are in it--when it is legitimate independent contracting, right.
I think that the distinction between faulty design as opposed to simply recommendations or making access to other content, I think that is a solid distinction to make.
When you have good--when you have workers represented, you are going to have that good back and forth that allows people to be safer.
I think it is a scare tactic. The PRO Act would do nothing to inhibit independent contracting when they are in it--when it is legitimate independent contracting, right.
I introduced the Safe Skies Act to take the rest requirements put in place for passenger pilots and apply them to cargo pilots.
Following the two tragic airplane crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that took 346 lives, we worked to pass the Aircraft Safety and Certification Reform Act of 2020.
Do you commit to ensuring that rural airports have the updated air traffic control towers and facilities they need?
My view of this is that climate change and the economy are inextricably linked.





