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Legislation introduced on the first day of Women’s History Month WASHINGTON – To celebrate the start of Women’s History Month, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections, with Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, urged national security officials to...

The Administration has the authority to take significant steps to make it easier for Americans to vote, stop voter suppression, and reform our campaign finance system WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections, led a letter with 19 colleagues to the Biden...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight of federal elections, announced that the Department of Justice will rescind two Trump administration memos that allowed election fraud allegations to be publicly announced before the 2020 election. This action follows a letter Klobuchar...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections, led a letter with four colleagues to the Biden administration urging the establishment of an office for democracy reform within the White House Domestic Policy Council. In the letter, the members emphasized that...

“This is the day our democracy picks itself up, brushes off the dust, and does what America always does: goes forward as a nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”  WATCH VIDEO OF KLOBUCHAR REMARKS HERE  MEDIA DOWNLOAD HERE  WASHINGTON — Today Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) delivered...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the following statement on the death of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick:  “I am deeply saddened by the death of Officer Brian Sicknick who served with the United States Capitol Police for over 12 years. My heart goes out to his family.  “The...

“Senators, what matters here is not our own futures, not our own short-term destinies, what matters is our democracy’s destiny. Because what we do today, how we vote today, is more important than who we are.” WATCH VIDEO OF KLOBUCHAR REMARKS HERE MEDIA DOWNLOAD HERE WASHINGTON – As Congress convened a Joint Session to...

WASHINGTON –Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the following statement: “Today many have put themselves on the line to protect our Republic. Despite the violent and lawless actions of many of those at the Capitol today, we will not be deterred from finishing the job we started. I’ve spoken with my colleagues, and...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), ranking member on the Senate Rules Committee with jurisdiction over federal elections, issued the following statement after several of her Senate colleagues announced they will raise objections during the January 6th count of the electoral college votes. “Joe Biden will be inaugurated on January...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, with oversight over federal elections, issued the following statement after Joe Biden formally cleared the 270 Electoral College vote threshold. “Today across the country, members of the Electoral College cast their votes to affirm the...

Klobuchar pushed the White House to nominate Broussard to the Commission. A highly qualified and experienced FEC attorney, she will also be the first person of color to serve on the Federal Election Commission in its 45 year history WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the lead Democrat on the Senate Rules Committee which...

Google continues to profit from ads that spread disinformation about the 2020 general election WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Warner (D-VA), and colleagues urged Google to improve its ad policies and combat election-related disinformation and voter suppression. Reports indicate that the company has profited from...

Vote to advance Broussard at Senate Rules Committee hearing was unanimous WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the lead Democrat on the Senate Rules Committee which has oversight over the administration of federal elections and federal campaign finance law, led the effort to advance the historic confirmation of Shana...

Klobuchar is the lead Democrat on the Senate Rules Committee which unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to establish a Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and a National Museum of the American Latino  WASHINGTON - Legislation cosponsored by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the lead Democrat on the Senate Rules Committee,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, the Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections, released the following statement on news that Christopher Krebs, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), was fired by President Trump: “President Trump’s firing of Chistopher...

Klobuchar has been pushing the White House to nominate Broussard, a highly qualified and experienced FEC attorney, to the Commission for more than a year. If confirmed, she will be the first person of color to serve on the Federal Election Commission. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released the statement below following President Trump’s recent false statement that it is inappropriate and illegal to count ballots after Election Day, and the Supreme Court’s ruling in Democratic National Committee v. Wisconsin Legislature, where...

The Department has reportedly announced an exception to its non-interference policy that would allow election fraud allegations to be publicly announced before the 2020 election WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections, along with 12 members of the Rules...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections, issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 4-4 decision in Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar. The split ruling affirms the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to...