Amy Klobuchar

Senator Murkowski and I passed the Small Airplane Revitalization Act, which sped up some of the approvals, directed the FAA to speed up some of the approvals on certification to improve safety for small jet manufacturers.

By protecting our borders, combating drug trafficking, safeguarding our environment and responding to disasters, the Coast Guard makes life better in Minnesota.

I introduced the Spoofing Prevention Act with Ranking Member Nelson and Senators Blunt and Klobuchar.

So many of the witnesses today have highlighted the growing problem of senior fraud.

What do you see as the Federal Trade Commission's role in eliminating spoofing?

I introduced the Senior Fraud Prevention Act with Senator Susan Collins, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Aging, to help the FTC more effectively combat senior fraud.

Vigorous enforcement also fosters small business growth, and reduces inequality, and increases innovation.

Thank you, Senator Grassley, for your leadership.

I like to fix things, and one of the ways I can fix that is by making sure that we put judges on there that are going to view themselves as true, fair jurists and not legislators making change.

It does not feel that way. And I have respected Republican-appointed judges and Democrat-appointed judges.

Foundational elements of our democracy have been challenged and questioned and even undermined.

Your nomination comes before us during an unprecedented time in our Nation's history.

Voting rights in the U.S. have been stripped from far too many, while dark money and extraordinary sums... continues to have an outsized influence in our politics.

In recent months, foundational elements of our democracy, including the rule of law, have been questioned, challenged, and even undermined.

Our Constitution, our laws, and our values all depend on a Supreme Court that is impartial, fair, and just.

Minnesota, as you know, is the national leader in renewable fuel and Xcel Energy is the largest wind energy provider in the Nation.

Not only do you need broadband for precision agriculture, but we also need it for things like monitoring the temperature in barns.

I appreciated that Senator Fischer raised the issue of the state commercial motor vehicle safety program.

I think we all know the trucking industry plays a critical role in getting goods to market.

It is simply unacceptable that residents and businesses in rural areas have to cope with calls that never connect.

My Improving Rural Call Completion and Reliability Act, which I introduced with Senators Tester and Thune, passed the Commerce Committee in January.

I hope the President will re-nominate Jessica Rosenworcel.

I'm very glad that both the administration and the proposal we've recently put out for a trillion dollars in infrastructure... include broadband.

Broadband deployment... is really the infrastructure challenge of our generation.

The legislation that you've worked on is a big part of that.