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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.

May 5, 2009

I am going to serve bacon at our Minnesota Morning where we invite all our constituents tomorrow morning just to make the point.

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May 5, 2009

I think we had--I just checked--1,500 cases in a few months in 2007. I will report we saved 17 honeymoons and lost one.

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Apr 28, 2009

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

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Apr 28, 2009

We are not talking about decriminalizing that.

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Apr 28, 2009

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.

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Apr 28, 2009

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.

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Apr 28, 2009

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…

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Apr 28, 2009

I am a big supporter of treatment.

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Apr 28, 2009

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…

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Apr 27, 2009

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

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