Press Releases

WASHINGTON – At today’s Senate Rules and Administration Committee field hearing in Atlanta, Georgia, Chairwoman Klobuchar, emphasized the need to take bold action and enact basic federal voting standards in response to new laws limiting Americans’ freedom to vote. “We’ve got to be as sophisticated in...

Klobuchar: “We are here to hear firsthand about the attack on voting rights in Georgia, why we must pass the For the People Act...This would create those basic federal voting rights that are allowed for by our Constitution, that were clearly anticipated in our Constitution.” Klobuchar: “The location of today’s hearing, the...

Klobuchar to chair field hearing in Georgia as part of series of hearings on critical voting, campaign finance, and ethics reforms It will mark the first Rules Committee field hearing in 20 years WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration with oversight over federal elections and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), top Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, today announced that Rachelle Schroeder will serve as Republican Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, replacing Fitzhugh Elder IV who has been named Republican Staff Director of the U.S. Senate...

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and colleagues, introduced the Capitol Police Emergency Assistance Act to empower the Chief of the United States Capitol Police to unilaterally request the assistance of the District...

WASHINGTON – Today in the Rules Committee hearing on oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, asked U.S. Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton about his reaction to the bipartisan joint Rules Committee and Homeland Security Committee report...

Klobuchar: “We are here today just over a week after releasing our bipartisan joint report with the Homeland Security Committee that focuses on the security, planning, and response failures related to the violent and unprecedented insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th” WATCH KLOBUCHAR OPENING REMARKS HERE WASHINGTON – U.S....

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over the U.S. Capitol Police, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a letter with six colleagues to the Capitol Police Board urging it to conduct an inclusive and transparent search for the next Capitol Police Chief. In their letter, the...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, introduced legislation to issue four congressional gold medals to recognize the service and sacrifice of United States Capitol Police and other law enforcement officers who defended the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, announced a hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police following the January 6th Attack on the Capitol,” with Michael Bolton, Inspector General for the U.S....

Full text of the report and recommendations is available for download HERE WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration, and Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration with oversight over federal elections and campaign finance law, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), sponsor of the For the People Act, issued the following statements on the markup of the legislation, which would strengthen democracy, make it...

Klobuchar: “The bill is based on a simple idea that Americans must be able to freely choose their elected officials, and government must be accountable to the people. This is not a Democratic or Republican idea – it is a core American idea.” WATCH KLOBUCHAR OPENING REMARKS HERE WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar,...

Many of the legislation’s provisions have already been implemented in states with governors from both parties WASHINGTON - With nine bipartisan bills, including several provisions that have already been implemented in states with governors from both parties, the For the People Act includes reforms that are broadly popular with Americans...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, delivered his opening statement at the committee markup of S.1, Senate Democrats’ partisan, 800+ page election bill.Following Are Blunt’s Remarks:“As we prepare for this markup, my staff actually went back and reviewed...

Testimony at Committee on House Administration hearing shows reforms to Capitol Police intelligence sharing and procedures are needed  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, made the following statement regarding testimony from United States Capitol Police Inspector...

Legislation would strengthen democracy, make it easier to vote, and end influence of dark money in politics   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration with oversight over federal elections and campaign finance law, announced that the Rules Committee would hold a markup...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.),Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, questioned a panel of experts regarding provisions of S.1 that impose costly, unworkable mandates on states, raise serious constitutional concerns, and turn the Federal Election Commission into a partisan body.Video of Blunt’s...

Chairwoman Klobuchar: “This bill is about strengthening our democracy by returning it to the hands of its rightful owners: the American people” Video of the hearing is available HERE. WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration with oversight over federal elections and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.),Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, delivered his opening statement at a hearing on S.1, Senate Democrats’ partisan, 800+ page election bill.Following Are Blunt’s Remarks:“Good morning to everybody here, and pleased others will be attending as the morning goes...