Quotes by Amy Klobuchar - Page 3

I understand now why Hillary Clinton always wore navy blue pantsuits. Remember, for four years? If you have one or two themes, then you have the same shoes, the same bag. Otherwise, it's a nightmare.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Blue
Clinton
Navy
Nightmare
Shoes
Two
Bag
Hillary
Hillary Clinton
One Or Two
Otherwise
Themes
Wore
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I have high expectations for the people who work for me. I figure that if they work really hard and do a good job on one of my campaigns or in my office, that experience will serve them well later on.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Campaigns
Good Job
High Expectations
Work Good Experience
Work Experience Good
For The People
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To criminally prosecute a child not old enough to go to the school prom makes no sense, you get much more cooperation from a victim if you give them a safe harbor, a place to live, job training, an education.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Education
Jobs
Children
School
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Ultimately, the success of America's market economy depends on trust. This includes trust between buyers and sellers, between lenders and borrowers, and between investors and the companies in which they invest.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Borrowers
Buyers
Depends
Investors
Market Economy
Sellers
Invest
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It is time for us to make a real commitment to our rural communities by expanding broadband, by supporting our farmers, by building affordable housing and taking on rural poverty. That's how we leave no one behind.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Affordable
Affordable Housing
Broadband
Commitment
Expanding
Housing
Poverty
Behind
Communities
Leave
Rural
Supporting
Taking
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Let's be honest: The trade embargo with Cuba hasn't secured our interests or helped the Cuban people. Because the way to promote positive change and better human rights in Cuba is through engagement, not isolation.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Cuba
Embargo
Engagement
Human Rights
Isolation
Positive Change
Secured
Promote
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I know we can find a bipartisan response to pressing challenges - like repairing, modernizing and adding to the infrastructure on which we all rely. I know it because I've seen it happen in my own state of Minnesota.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Bipartisan
Infrastructure
Minnesota
Rely
Response
Adding
Pressing
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As you are well aware Russia is actively working to undermine our democracy and hurt American businesses at the same time. Now more than ever Americans are looking to Congress for leadership and we must be a united front.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Democracy
Hurt
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People don't become obese overnight. Allowing our children to have treats in moderation - as in trick-or-treating - is one thing, but good nutrition involves discipline that must be learned and practiced on a daily basis.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Allowing
Discipline
Moderation
Nutrition
Treats
Daily Basis
Involves
Overnight
Practiced
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Every so often you might have an outburst in the gallery. That's one of the most exciting things that happen because then you can say, 'Unless there's order we will call the Sergeant at Arms.' And that sounds really scary.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Arms
Exciting Things
Gallery
Order
Outburst
Scary
Sound
Sergeant
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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.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Survival
Vitality
Affords
Protects
Vibrant
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The 2008 presidential election was a triumph of hope and unity over fear and divisiveness. Barack Obama's election reshapes America's political landscape and wipes away the false geography of 'red states' and 'blue states.'
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Barack
Blue
Election
Geography
Landscape
Presidential
Presidential Election
Triumph
Unity
False
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You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Common Ground
Always Done Your
Expand
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We have an enormous part of the FBI in our counter intelligence division and in our cyber division that focuses on just threat and making sure that we do everything that we can to understand how the bad guys might come at us.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Fbi
Guy
Threat
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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.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Advice
Firm
Minnesota
Partners
Prosecutor
Senate
Women Done Me
Elected
Law Firm
Similar
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Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is one of the most important objectives of our national security policy, and I strongly advocated for and supported the economic sanctions that brought Iran to the negotiating table.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Iran
National Security
Negotiating
Nuclear
Objectives
Obtaining
Preventing
Sanctions
Weapon
Nuclear Weapon
Strongly
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While there are plenty of reasons that we lost in 2016, there's at least one that we can definitely fix for next time: We can make sure that no one is left behind in where we go, in who we talk to, in what we say, and in what we do.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Next Time
At Least One
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I believe same-day registration has to be part of comprehensive reform of our voting systems that will also restore pre-clearance, shorten lines at polls, and ensure that no one who wants to vote is denied their constitutional right.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Comprehensive
Denied
Polls
Registration
Voting
Believe Will I Believe
Believe I Believe Will
Constitutional
Constitutional Right
Ensure
Restore
Shorten
Systems
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So many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we're putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they're 40 years old. Well, that's just not going to happen.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Kids
Technology
Behave
Expecting
Years
Adult
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There must always be a balance between protecting privacy and security. In our country, one of the ways we have struck that balance is by requiring a court order before law enforcement can access certain communications of and data on suspects.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Data
Enforcement
Law Enforcement
Privacy
Suspects
Communications
Protecting
Requiring
Struck
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I think this is an exciting time where we can actually get a compromise between Democrats and Republicans, and we have to for this country. Now, I think we need not only to balance the budget in the future but we also need balance in the budget.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Balance
Country
Thinking
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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.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Civil Servants
Elected Officials
Halls
Officials
Accountable
Represent
Elected
Neighbors
Remembering
Sent
Servants
Shared
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As a prosecutor and a senator, one of my main criminal justice priorities has been enforcing and reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, a bill with deep roots in Minnesota, seeds planted by former Senator Paul Wellstone and his wife Sheila.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Criminal Justice
Former
Minnesota
Priorities
Prosecutor
Roots
Seeds
Senator
Criminal
Enforcing
Paul
Planted
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I remember 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.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Issues
Magnet
Parent
Remember When
Wall
Prosecuted
Refrigerator
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Russia's not too great about cooperating with us when there are criminals inside their borders, but all of then like to travel. And so if they travel grabbing them and locking and putting handcuffs on them to send a message that that's not a freebie.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
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In the 21st century, our adversaries will continue to use cyberattacks against us. We need to be prepared to defend our networks against this growing threat to our democracy, especially the most fundamental part of our political system: our elections.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Adversaries
Be Prepared
Networks
Defend
Fundamental
Political System
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Before we even consider expanding Medicare, or another program based on its rates, we must reform our Medicare payment system so that it rewards value, not volume, and doesn't disadvantage states like Minnesota that provide high-quality care in an efficient way.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Quality
Efficient
Expanding
High Quality
Medicare
Minnesota
Payment
Program
Reform
Rewards
States
Volume
Way
Based
Consider
Disadvantage
Provide
Rates
System
Value
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A bridge shouldn't just fall down in the middle of America. Not a bridge that's a few blocks from my house. Not an eight-lane highway. Not a bridge that I drive over with my family every day, along with tens of thousands of Minnesotans. But that's what happened.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Family
America
Fall
House
Middle
Drive
Blocks
Bridge
Down
Every Day
Few
Highway
Over
Tens
Tens Of Thousands
Thousands
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Canada has the world's largest Ukrainian population outside of Ukraine and Russia. As a senator from Minnesota, a state with a large Ukrainian-American community, I understand how important it is that Canada works with us to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Aggression
Canada
Minnesota
Population
Russia
Ukraine
Ukrainian
Senator
Large
Stand Up
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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.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Friends
Criticism
Opinion
Job
Face
Attack
Cocoon
Coworkers
Door
Personally
Second
Slammed
Valid
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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.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Seat
Literally
More And More
Teenagers
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I'm looking for a Justice who appreciates the awesome responsibility that she will be given, if confirmed. A Justice who understands the gravity of the office and who respects the very different roles that the Constitution provides for each of the three branches of government.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Government
Branches
Gravity
Office
Responsibility
Appreciates
Awesome
Awesome Responsibility
Confirmed
Different Roles
Provides
Respects
Understands
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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.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Access
Bridges
Broadband
Century
Dams
Energy
Forget
Infrastructure
Locks
Rail
Repairing
Water
Build
Sure
American
Airport
All Americans
Grid
Last
Making
Replacing
Roads
Updating
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I love the State Fair. It's an event that really brings the urban and the rural Minnesotans together. Rural people get a chance to mix with the urban folk and see what the cities have to offer, and urban people get to remember where their food comes from and who produces it for them.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Cities
Urban
Event
Folk
Mix
Produces
Rural
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Working together, we can meet our shared goal to combat climate change. From harmonizing vehicle emissions standards to using our trading relationship to boost investment in clean energy, the actions the United States and Canada take together will help both nations meet international goals.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Boost
Canada
Clean Energy
Climate Change
Combat
Emissions
Investment
Standards
Trading
Vehicle
Working Together
Shared
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For me, one of my earliest memories of politics where I thought that I could do anything was when Walter Mondale of Minnesota picked Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. I literally remember what she wore - the red dress, the white pearls. And I saw that, and I thought anything is possible.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Running
Memories
White
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For me, one of my earliest memories of politics where I thought that I could do anything was when Walter Mondale of Minnesota picked Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. I literally remember what she wore - the red dress, the white pearls. And I saw that, and I thought, 'Anything is possible.'
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Anything Is Possible
Memories
Minnesota
Pearls
Earliest
Earliest Memories
Mate
Picked
Running Mate
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What I do see is Cuban people that are just - want to see change. They are vibrant. They are trying to fix up old cars, so they can start their tourism businesses. There's hundreds of thousands of small companies that have already started under some exceptions that Raul Castro has put into place.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Car
People
Trying
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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.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Moving
Moving Forward
Party
Republican Party
Thinking
Civil
Debates
Work Way Will
Hoping
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As president, Barack Obama has the potential to finally bring our country together to meet the enormous challenges ahead. This includes restoring economic prosperity, moving toward energy independence, delivering affordable health care for all, and implementing a responsible, effective foreign policy.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Independence
Affordable
Affordable Health Care
Barack
Delivering
Economic Prosperity
Energy Independence
Enormous
Foreign Policy
Health Care
Implementing
President Barack Obama
Restoring
Barack Obama
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In every school, community center, city hall, and state capitol, there are women who are making their voices heard and standing up for the people they serve - women who aren't just demanding change but finding ways to create it. They are making an impact, and along the way, they're inspiring others to do the same.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Inspiring
Capitol
City Hall
Community
Heard
Impact
Standing
Center
Demanding
Finding
For The People
Hall
Serve
Standing Up
Voices
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We had a few tragic accidents in our state, as they've had in every state, from train crashes on down. And really, no text is worth dying for; that is our message to young people. And this is such a new phenomenon when you look at the number of texts and how they've increased exponentially in just the last few years.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Accidents
Dying
Phenomenon
Tragic
Look People New
Crashes
Exponentially
Increased
Last Few Years
Message
Text
Young People
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I don't think it should be a surprise when we're talking about energy and trying to have more home-grown energy, be less reliant on foreign oil when you look at our health care that we're trying to get more affordable health care, that these are going to create major debates in this country and be somewhat polarizing.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Home
Affordable
Affordable Health Care
Country
Foreign Oil
Health Care
Polarizing
Surprise
Thinking
Debates
Somewhat
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In many parts of our country, geography and population density can make it difficult to attract private investment. These communities depend on federal investments to maintain and upgrade their transportation systems and stay competitive. And we know that it's an investment worth making. Because when rural America succeeds, we all do.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Density
Geography
Investment
Population
Rural America
Transportation
Attract
Maintain
Private Investment
Rural
Succeeds
Systems
Upgrade
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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. And so many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we're putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they're 40 years old.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Communication
Behave
Expecting
Ten
Texting
Adult
Forms
Ten Years
Ten Years Ago
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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.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Made
Magnet
Wall
Rules
Actually
Loved
Part
Could
Follow
Parents
Prosecuted
Putting
Refrigerator
Saying
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The death of Fidel Castro, of course, is not as significant when you first look at it, because Raul Castro, his brother, has been in power for years. But, in fact, he's been a looming figure even during his illness that I think has made a difference in holding us back in trying to open up more negotiations and move ahead with opening up relations between America and Cuba.
Amy Klobuchar / United States Senator
Brother
Moving
Thinking
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