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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee which has oversight jurisdiction over federal elections, today released the below statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute to  uphold Ohio’s controversial purge of voter...

The Honest Ads Act would help prevent foreign actors from influencing our elections by ensuring that political ads sold online have the same transparency and disclosure requirements as ads sold on TV, radio, and satellite WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, today released the following...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, today applauded committee passage of S. Res. 355, legislation introduced by Senator James Lankford (Okla.) to expedite the confirmation process for executive and judicial nominees. “Senate Democrats’ needless delays in the...

As Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, Klobuchar is working to move the resolution quickly through Committee so it can come to the Senate floor for a vote  Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) recently become the first sitting senator to have a child; Resolution would allow her and any other senators to bring their infants onto the Senate floor in...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today issued the following statement following the passage of a rule change that would allow children up to one year-old on the floor of the U.S. Senate with an accompanying parent. As Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, Klobuchar led the effort to make this change with Senator Tammy...

Twitter announced today that it joined Facebook to support the Honest Ads Act and will take steps toward increased transparency of political and issue ads   The Honest Ads Act would help prevent foreign actors from influencing our elections by ensuring that political ads sold online have the same transparency and disclosure requirements...

Facebook announced today that it supports the Honest Ads Act and will voluntarily implement transparency requirements for issue advertisements on their site  The Honest Ads Act would help prevent foreign actors from influencing our elections by ensuring that political ads sold online have the same transparency and disclosure requirements as...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today released the following statement on the announcement by Facebook that data from 87 million Facebook users was shared with Cambridge Analytica. “Today we learned that 37 million more Facebook users unknowingly had their data given to Cambridge Analytica. 87 million is a shocking number...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today released the following statement on reports that the Administration will impose sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2016 election.   “It took 14 months, multiple indictments, and a poisoning in Britain – but the Administration is finally imposing the sanctions...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the below statement on the first federal primary election of 2018 being held in Texas today, and the lack of Congressional action on legislation to protect future U.S. elections from foreign interference. Top U.S. intelligence officials have said Russia interfered in the 2016 election...

WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) urged the Appropriations Committee in a letter to include $400 million in grant funding for the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to distribute to states in order to carry out critical improvements in election security. The U.S. intelligence community has left no doubt that Russia interfered with the...

Last week, Klobuchar laid out a six-part legislative solution to protect future U.S. elections from foreign interference  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today released the following statement after top intelligence officials, in a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, affirmed that Russia interfered in the 2016 election...

Keynote address was part of Center for American Progress’ event titled Election Security in 50 States: Defending America’s Elections Speech comes week after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said we aren’t “better prepared” than we were in 2016 to stop Russia from interfering in our democracy in 2018; Last month CIA...

Klobuchar calls out Congressional inaction as Russia continues to attack and influence U.S. elections Yesterday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said we aren’t “better prepared” than we were in 2016 to stop Russia from interfering in our democracy in 2018; Last month CIA Director Pompeo said that Russia is currently working to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, on behalf of Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (R-Minn.), and the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, on behalf of Chairman Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), today released information provided by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, today conducted a full committee hearing to review Senator James Lankford’s (R-Okla.) resolution, S. Res. 355, “Improving procedures for the consideration of nominations in the Senate.” The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Rules Committee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Senate Rules Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) today announced the passage of the “Anti-Harassment Training Resolution.” This resolution was introduced by the Ranking Member and cosponsored by the remaining 18 members of the Senate Rules...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, released the following statement today after the committee voted to approve the nomination of Dr. Carla D. Hayden to serve as Librarian of Congress: “Leading the Library of Congress requires multitasking on a scale rarely seen in...

WASHINGTON, DC – Taking to the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Pat Roberts today defended the First Amendment against Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid’s attempts to silence opposition. Audio and video here. Senator Roberts is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration which has jurisdiction over federal...

WASHINGTON, DC-- The Senate Committee on Rules andAdministration convened a hearing today on S.2516, the Democracy IsStrengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2014 or theDISCLOSE Act of 2014. The hearing featured remarks by U.S. Senator SheldonWhitehouse, the sponsor of the 2014 DISCLOSE Act. The committee also heardtestimony...