Amy Klobuchar

I think that is right, what you said, in terms of I think Karen Temple has done a fabulous job as the Acting Register.

I think the bill accomplishes that actually quite well.

In the 21st century, we need a modern Copyright Office.

We need to be a country that invents, that makes stuff, that exports to the world, and promotes ingenuity.

Copyrighted work doesn't just entertain and inspire us, it drives economic activity and translates into jobs for millions of Americans.

Ensuring that creators can protect their original works is one of the hallmarks of our free market system.

Ensuring that legislative branch officials have been selected by a transparent, bicameral, bipartisan process like what would be proposed in the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act, it is an important addition to the…

Healthcare cost is the number one issue that I hear about from Minnesotans.

The 25 percent duty placed on soybeans to China has caused significant disruptions given that 57 percent of all U.S. soybeans went to China last year.

As I have told the Ambassador before, we would like to see Canada as part of any NAFTA agreement.

Senator Fischer and I had recently signed into law the MOBILE NOW Act.

I believe, really focuses a lot on this training and the infrastructure being up-to-date.

As the technology changes, it's important that the training keeps pace.

Thank you, as well. It's good to see Senator Cortez Masto, Marie, in the place of honor.

If you just look at the incentive, companies do have an incentive to pick up that factory out of places like Minnesota.

There are provisions that will incent the movement of factories and actual real production.

The idea was that if you do it country-by-country minimum it would not have that kind of incentive.

I would call it a 'background check' instead of 'investigation.'

That he just--the circumstances are that he opened up the investigation so the FBI could ask some questions.

I note that President George Bush in the Anita Hill Justice Thomas case, he opened up the FBI investigation and let questions be asked.

But just ask the President to re-open the FBI investigation.

We are talking here about decency, and you understand we have this constitutional duty to advise and consent.

But, Mr. Chairman, you would not allow the underlying witness who performed the polygraph test to testify.

And, Mr. Chairman, could I put the polygraph results on the record, please?

For so many years, people swept cases like yours under the rug.