Amy Klobuchar Quotes
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When I was prosecutor we had truancy and curfew issues and we made a refrigerator magnet, and that was hot with parents. They loved putting it up on the wall and saying, you know, if you don't follow these rules, you could get prosecuted. Whether or not it actually happens, it changes a culture, and that's part of what we're trying to do here.
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I was one of the first women partners at my law firm, the first woman in my Minnesota prosecutor job, and the first woman elected from my state to the Senate. So advice from women who had done similar things was important for me.
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It is wrong when we, in effect, throw safe and sound financial institutions into the same category with banks and lenders that climbed too far out on a limb with no way to return.
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Foreign agents are taking advantage of loopholes in our laws.
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As a nation, America is at its best when we are thinking and making things and exporting to the world.
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Women are focused on getting things done and bring fresh perspectives and innovative approaches to a political system that's crying out for change.
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Well, it is so difficult right now when you look out on the road and how fast people go and the more and more cars you see out there, for teenagers, you'd think a kid that literally, a few years before, was sitting back in a car seat in the back seat is now behind the wheel.
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It's time we update the laws so that online platforms are held to the same transparency standards as other companies that sell political advertisements.
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The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the vibrant democracy it affords us. In short, the right to vote underlies each of our other rights.
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We need to build roads, bridges, airports, locks, dams, and rail that work for this century - not the last one. And let's not forget about updating our energy grid, repairing and replacing our water infrastructure and sewers, and making sure all Americans have access to broadband.
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In any job, you can come under attack or have a door slammed in your face. You do want to listen to critics; you don't want to be in a cocoon and never change. Get a second opinion from coworkers and friends. Know that criticism can be valid, but don't take it personally.
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We should look for ways to expedite generic drug approvals, particularly for products that have a long history of being safe and effective.
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My best friends are women in the Senate, but much like Senator Obama, I ran on a platform of change.
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It's understood in Minnesota that we're going to start losing businesses if we can't find more workers.
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Well, I think the way to go is civil unions. But I do think when you talk about the Republican Party and the debates that are going on within the Republican Party on a number of issues, what I'm hoping is that they will get to a point where they will work with us on moving forward with this economy.
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To me, a public servant should have both the grounding and the compassion to carry the common sense and good will of his or her neighbors into the political arena.
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Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would be one of their main forms of communication.
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The women Democrats and Republicans work together incredibly well.
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When I was a prosecutor, we had one straightforward goal: convict the guilty and protect the innocent. To me, that simple mission still holds true.
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Loretta Lynch is supremely qualified to be our nation's top cop, and she should be confirmed immediately.
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My dad was a sports writer when I was younger and then he became just a general columnist. But I grew up with him literally getting into brawls with football coaches.
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When it's for the good of your state, you put partisan differences aside.
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As elected officials, we were sent to the halls of government by our neighbors to do their work - and much work needs to be done. Remembering our shared experiences with the people we represent makes us better and more accountable civil servants.
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I will not vote in favor of Senator Sessions' nomination for attorney general.