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Amy Klobuchar
stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press:

“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.

By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2022
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 5, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."

By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2021
Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 16, 2020 in a tweet:

“80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail

By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 25, 2020 in a debate:

“While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”

By Haley BeMiller • March 2, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview:

“The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 20, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 20, 2019 in the sixth Democratic presidential debate:

Says Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana and "lost by 20 points."

By Aaron Sharockman • December 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on November 20, 2019 in comments at Democratic debate:

"Over 70% of the people support Roe v. Wade. Over 90% of the people support funding for Planned Parenthood and making sure women can get the health care they need."

By Shefali Luthra • November 21, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on August 12, 2019 in an interview:

The "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you do it against your girlfriend, you can."

By Tom Kertscher • August 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 15, 2019 in comments made at an AARP-sponsored Democratic presidential primary candidate forum:

"There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress."

By Julie Appleby • July 26, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on June 7, 2019 in a tweet:

"Millions of Americans need mental health care. Yet in Iowa, there are just 64 public mental health care beds. And you see similar numbers across the country."

By Sophie Austin • June 13, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 8, 2019 in a Fox News town hall:

"We’ve had a 30% increase in suicides in this country in just 15 years."

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall event for Democratic presidential candidates:

"Big pharmaceuticals pay off — they literally pay off — generics to keep the prices and the competition off the market."

By Emmarie Huetteman • April 25, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 18, 2019 in a town hall:

Prescription drugs "are nearly 20 percent of our health care costs now when you include hospital prescription drugs."

By Tom Kertscher • February 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 18, 2019 in a CNN town hall:

"Comprehensive immigration reform, the bill we had back in 2013 ... brought the debt down $158 billion."

By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 3, 2018 in a tweet:

"After a decade of progress, the rate of uninsured children is now rising."

By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2018
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 9, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Judge Brett Kavanaugh "ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was unconstitutional (reversed by full Circuit Court)."

By Manuela Tobias • July 25, 2018
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

"Human trafficking is the third-biggest criminal enterprise in the world."

By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2016
Amy Klobuchar
stated on January 4, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We're now the No. 1 producer of oil in the world. We've surpassed Saudi Arabia."

By Lauren Carroll • January 4, 2015
Amy Klobuchar
stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Children who witness domestic violence are "twice as likely to commit it themselves."

By Derek Tsang • September 16, 2014