What Amy Klobuchar said, and what was done

“Mr. President, I rise this evening on behalf of myself and Senator Sheehy and several others, Democrats and Republicans. I represent farmers, small businesses, brewers, and consumers in my State, and I urge my colleagues to table Senator Budd's amendment and give this body 4 more weeks to work toward legislation that supports a thriving hemp industry, ensures proper regulation, and protects kids from dangerous products.”

“Mr. President, I thank Senator Durbin for his leadership in fighting for Dreamers. We will also be joined by the Senator from Nevada, Senator Cortez Masto, who has done the same.”

“Mr. President, I rise today with my colleague from Minnesota Senator Smith on a somber anniversary week for our State and for our country. One year ago, a horrific act of political violence took two Minnesotans from us who represented the best of our State, the best of us, Minnesota State Representative and our former Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman and her dear husband Mark Hortman.”

“Minnesota stood up in their names, for Gilbert, for their family, and mostly for Melissa and Mark, and we remember them. Our State has lost a lot this year.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to honor my friend Cindy McCain for her incredible work as executive director of the World Food Programme. Cindy assumed leadership of the World Food Programme in 2023 and has since been a clear voice for hungry families around the world.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the life and legacy of the late artist and musician Prince Rogers Nelson. A global legend, a Minnesota icon, Minnesota's Purple North Star, Prince was a once in a generation talent from the moment he stepped on stage for the very first time.”

“Born and raised in Minneapolis, Prince rooted his life and work in Minnesota, building his home and studio Paisley Park just 20 minutes southwest of Minneapolis. Prince filmed various scenes from his iconic film ``Purple Rain'' in the city and pioneered the ``Minneapolis Sound'' in the late 1970s and 1980s that influenced music for decades to come.”

“Mr. President, today we mark 40 years since C-SPAN began its coverage of the U.S. Senate, bringing the work of this body directly into people's living rooms. It doesn't seem very radical right now.”

“Mr. President, I rise to join my colleagues in standing up for democracy where every eligible American has a voice and the right to vote. I want to thank Ranking Member Padilla for organizing this floor block today and for his leadership in the fight for our democracy.”

“Americans heard that loud and clear. The fact is our colleagues know that this agenda is not right. They know that they shouldn't be rubberstamping everything the President has done, as a number of our colleagues just showed with this vote on the war powers.”

“Mr. President, we have a vote before us today, and this vote is involving an unprecedented use of a procedural mechanism that would have far-reaching consequences, not just for the beautiful Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, but for public lands across our country.”

“I was 18 years old before I took a vacation that didn't involve a tent or a camper in one way or the other. I grew up in a family that valued the outdoors.”

“Mr. President, on Friday, March 20, 2026, I attended the funeral service of MSG Nicole Amor, of White Bear Lake, MN, who was killed in action while serving in Kuwait.”

“Mr. President, last December, Congress passed into law the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. This important law was passed to expand access to Federal support for the families of firefighters and other first responders who pass away from service related cancers, through the Public Safety Officers' Benefits--PSOB--Program.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to join many of my colleagues in standing up to protect American citizens' constitutional right to vote and fighting back against this administration's most recent attack on access to the ballot box.”

“His own Attorney General said there wasn't evidence of widespread fraud. And according to a bipartisan policy center analysis of the Heritage Foundation's database of noncitizen voting across 25 years, there were only 77 cases out of nearly 2 billion votes cast of noncitizens voting.”

“Democratic last year. We have had statewide officials from both parties with an election system that makes it easier for people to vote. But as Steve Simon--Minnesota's respected secretary of state--has testified, the bill would cost States, counties, and cities untold millions of dollars to implement, and it would require implementation within 60 days of becoming law.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to join my colleagues in standing up to protect Americans' constitutional right to vote and to fight back against this administration's most recent attack on access to the ballot box.”

“Mr. President, I rise today as our country is in the middle of a war to urge my Republican colleagues to support Senator Murray's proposal that would immediately fund the Department of Homeland Security's critical national security functions--cyber defense, airport safety, the Coast Guard--while negotiations continue on critical reforms on ICE and Border Patrol.”

“So her overdue removal from the Department of Homeland Security is also a good step toward accountability. This is a start. And the reason that we want to get these reforms put into law is obvious.”

“Mr. President, I join many of my colleagues today in mourning the loss of our servicemembers who have been killed in action in the Mideast, and I am thinking of those who have been wounded.”

“Mr. President, last month, I came to the floor after the tragic killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and talked about what had happened in my State.”

“State that were legal, born in our State, have passports. They wouldn't even listen to them when they told them as they threw them into a car. We must protect sensitive locations, and the racial profiling must end.”

“Mr. President, I was unable to cast a vote on rollcall vote No. 623, passage of H.J. Res. 130, disapproving the Bureau of Land Management resource management plan that made certain land managed by the Buffalo Field Office unavailable for new coal leases.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to honor Colin MacDonald or, as his listeners in the Brainerd Lakes Area have known him for over 30 years, ``Mac,'' as he begins his retirement.”

“Mr. President, I want to thank Senator Smith and my colleagues for being here today to stand up for the State of Minnesota, for our Nation, and for our Constitution.”

“Immigration agents, like all law enforcement, should comply with the Fourth Amendment. This bounty system--we have had stories. We have hundreds of cases in our offices right now where people were stopped: a White guy, Latino.”

“Mr. President, I am here today to mark 16 years since the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United, which opened the floodgates to unlimited special interest money in our elections.”

“Mr. President, I want to thank Senator Warner for his tremendous leadership on this important issue that is just really tormenting so many Americans right now--as well as Senator Wyden.”

“Mr. President, I rise today with so many of my colleagues to recognize the anniversary of one of the hardest days our democracy has faced, and I also want to focus on some of the work that we have done to respond and the work we still must do.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to honor Saint Paul Fire Chief Barton ``Butch'' Inks of Saint Paul, MN, who is retiring after 31 years of service to the City of Saint Paul Fire Department.”

“Mr. President, I join my colleague from Rhode Island and so many others to ask our Republican colleagues that they vote with us to stem this crisis. Tens of millions of Americans are facing this healthcare crisis.”

“We are simply saying, let's make sure the same tax credits that are helping people afford their healthcare, that are in place today--not some new radical plan, that are in place today that made more accessible healthcare yesterday and last year and the year before--that they continue to be there for families next year.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the legislation that was recently signed into law to fund the Federal Government through January 30, 2026. Like many of my colleagues and people across the country, I wanted the shutdown to end.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to discuss my concerns regarding the hemp provisions in this bill. I voted against the motion to table Paul amendment No. 3941. I strongly support protecting kids and ensuring they do not have access to harmful products.”

“Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Delaware, wise words. And I thank Senator Schumer, all of our colleagues that have gathered here today. We truly come in good faith.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to posthumously honor U.S. Army Captain Willibald Charles Bianchi of New Ulm, MN, a true American patriot who courageously served our country and made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our Nation.”

“Committee, and Senator Blumenthal for organizing a group of my colleagues for coming to the floor today and for their leadership on this issue. We are focused on, as we saw last night, Americans turned out in droves to vote, to exercise their constitutional right and, really, their duty to vote.”

“Mr. President, I thank my colleagues--both colleagues--from Connecticut. As Senator Murphy just said, a budget is a moral statement and how you handle the needs of your constituents in the end has got to be something that you feel in your heart.”

“Mr. President, I rise today, along with my colleagues--I see Senator Kim is here from New Jersey, and I know Senator Bennet is here from Colorado, and you are going to also hear from Senators Welch, Baldwin, Coons, and Merkley.”

“Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of our bipartisan resolution, which Senator Kaine and I lead, along with our colleagues Rand Paul, Mark Warner, and Leader Schumer.”

“Will the Senator from Oregon yield? I have one question, and it is about just the Justice Department. We just got the shocking news yesterday--every single day, something happens--that once again, the President is treating the Justice Department as his own personal law firm.”

“So when you look at how this all started, I think about all of these people who have stood up--and you are standing up today. I think about career prosecutors in the Justice Department who have basically said: No, I am not going to do the bidding of the President, whether I was appointed during a Republican Presidency or a Democratic Presidency, whether I personally vote Republican or vote Democrat.”

“The President says: Oh, I am going to bring this guy back, too, because every single day, it is that strong-arm technique. He doesn't care if it leads to more violence, doesn't care if it violates the oath of these lawyers in the Justice Department, doesn't care if people get fired.”

“Mr. President, I rise today because the American people deserve affordable healthcare, and they deserve a government that works for them--not a government of threats, not a government of bullies.”

“Mr. President, I rise today as millions of Americans stand on the edge of a healthcare cliff. I join my Democratic colleagues in continuing to fight to reopen the government and to prevent Americans' healthcare costs from skyrocketing.”

“Madam President, as my colleague from Delaware just noted, we are here today because Republicans have created a healthcare crisis for millions of Americans. And like the Senator from Delaware, I am someone that works across the aisle all of the time.”

“Mr. President, I come to the floor today because we have a choice here, and the Democratic leaders in both the Senate and the House just went to the White House.”

“Mr. President, I join my colleague from Michigan as well as Senators Welch and Shaheen and the others that come before this body today to talk about what is really happening out there.”

“Mr. President, I rise today with my colleague Senator Smith because once again our State is in mourning. After a painful summer where we lost Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in a horrific act of violence, we were once again shaken to our core by a deadly mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.”

“Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Massachusetts for his advocacy for small businesses. I hadn't heard that--turning Main Street into Pain Street--but as usual, he is able to take a whole complex concept and put it into one sentence that people will probably remember more than my entire speech right now, but let me continue.”

“Mr. President, 60 years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey, of Minnesota, whose desk my hands sit on right now, traveled to Independence, MO.”

“I hope we can work some of this out. I completely agree with Senator Booker about what this administration is doing, but you can't just pick out a few bills that came out of committee and say, ``I am going to stop those,'' and then allow for other bills that fund other parts of your budget in your State.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to talk about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. I have addressed this before, but today I rise with a message that is both straightforward and urgent: Humanitarian aid must immediately reach the civilian population in Gaza.”

“Mr. President, I rise today in strong opposition to the President's request that Congress take away money for public broadcasting and for our own security, in foreign assistance, that has already been passed and signed into law on a bipartisan basis with a Republican-led House and a Democratic-led Senate, at the time, which worked out all the details--yes, compromise is not a dirty word--and now look at what is happening.”

“Mr. President, I thank Senator Durbin for bringing us together, and I rise today in strong opposition to this request that Congress take away funding that has already passed on a bipartisan basis--Democrats and Republicans working together, House and Senate.”

“Mr. President, I make a point of order that the pending measure contains an unfunded intergovernmental mandate, and thus it violates section 425(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.”

“Mr. President, in addition to the many outrages of this bill--$4 trillion in debt, millions of people off of their healthcare--in the middle of the night, it got worse.”

“Mr. President, I rise today, along with my colleagues from Illinois and from Wisconsin. And you just heard from Senator Baldwin about the effects of this budget bill on the Midwest.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to speak in strong opposition to the recently revealed Senate congressional budget bill. I will note that this is a 940-page bill that was just put out there at midnight.”

“Mr. President, I rise today, on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to shred nearly five decades of precedent protecting a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions, to say that now is the time to protect freedom.”

“Mr. President, I rise today with my colleague from Minnesota Senator Smith to honor two Minnesotans, who are friends of ours, who were taken from us this weekend in a shocking act of political violence: Representative Melissa Hortman, our former speaker of the house, and her husband Mark Hortman.”

“Mr. President, I rise today in strong opposition to the President's request to Congress this week to eliminate $9.4 billion in funding that has already been passed and signed into law.”

“Mr. President, I rise today in the middle of a whole lot going on, concerned about the reconciliation bill that will be considered in the Senate and what it means to the people of my State and in the country.”

“Mr. President, on January 20, 2025, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies--JCCIC--hosted the inauguration of President Donald Trump. This year, I chaired the joint committee with Senator Fischer, my counterpart on the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.”

“Wendy Dawson, our director of press logistics, brought to the team extensive industry experience covering numerous political conventions, State of the Union Addresses, and six Presidential inaugurations. The strong relationships she developed across the Capitol campus, especially with the Media Galleries and Senate Photographic Services, enabled the highest standard of press coverage.”

“Mr. President, I am here in support of Senator Markey's very important bill that looks at these tariff taxes which, as we all know, apply to consumers--$3,000 for every family in America will be the tariff tax from President Trump's tariffs.”

“Mr. President, I rise to honor Andrew Luger, who recently completed his second tenure of service as U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. Andy is a good friend, a dedicated public servant, and he has been an extraordinary U.S. attorney.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to join my colleagues in standing up for the right to vote and the critical need to ensure that that right is protected.”

“Mr. President, we are closing things out here till midnight, but I do want to thank my colleague from Oregon for his passion for this country. We all do dream of that world where, in fact, the people in this country can once more have a say in what is happening; that we do not have this chaos that is actually not what they bought into.”

“Mr. President, I rise today to honor Tim Penny, a public servant, former colleague, and friend who is retiring after a lifetime of service to the State of Minnesota.”

“Mr. President, I rise to oppose the nomination of Mark Meador as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). I respect Mr. Meador's qualifications and his prior experiences.”

“Mr. President, I appreciated the words of my colleague from Maryland because I was standing there thinking that a budget is actually a choice. It is a value choice.”

“Mr. President, I am proud to be here with my colleague from Washington State, Senator Cantwell. She and I both worked in the private sector for years before we got into politics or government.”

“Madam President, I am proud to follow my colleague from Michigan, who, of course, has served herself. Then I am also proud to be here with Senator Rosen of Nevada, and there are so many veterans in Nevada.”

“Madam President, I rise today in strong support of a bipartisan resolution led by my colleague who is here today, Senator Tim Kaine, which I colead with him and Senator Warner to restore stability to our trade with one of our greatest allies, greatest friends, and that is the country of Canada.”

“Very good. I want to, first of all, thank you, thank you for waking us up this morning, literally. All night as Reverend Warnock would tell you, I know you were in here doing your work, but it was raining, there was thunder, it was really bad.”

“Very good. That was perfect. So I think one of the things you talked about was just this deficit and what is happening and what we are seeing with their proposal that is going to come right before us.”

“So my question to you, Senator Booker, after being up all night, after getting us through the storm of last night and into the bright sunshine of today, after holding the floor all this time--I can't even imagine how much your feet must hurt, but those hurting feet are nothing compared to why you are doing it, to how the rest of the people in the country--how they are hurting.”

“I was thinking--as you talked about the Affordable Care Act and all the work that went into it and what came out of it, I was remembering the constant attempts to repeal that bill.”

“Prince and Bob Dylan. But that aside, I am very impressed, Senator Booker, that after, what, 12 hours now, 13 hours, you still are able to make sure that you mentioned every songwriter.”

“Mr. President, I rise in support of Senator Durbin's simple but necessary resolution. It reaffirms three basic principles that should be self-evident to all Senators serving in this body: one, that there are courts established under the Constitution as a coequal branch of government; two, that in the words of Chief Justice Marshall, in Marbury v.”

“Speaking to the nominees at last week's hearing, Senator Kennedy of Louisiana said: Don't ever, ever take the position that you're not going to follow the order of a Federal court, ever.”

“Mr. President, I rise today with my colleagues in strong opposition to the firings of scientists, medical researchers, and more at the Department of Health and Human Services.”

“Madam President, I rise today with a commonsense amendment, and that is that no one should be cutting taxes for billionaires while food prices are rising. Democrats and Republicans alike can agree that food prices are just too high.”

“Mr. President, I rise to strongly oppose the confirmation of Kash Patel to serve as the next Director of the FBI. The FBI Director leads our Nation's most important law enforcement Agency.”

“Mr. President, I rise in opposition to our Republican colleagues' budget proposal. This plan is all about giving tax cuts to billionaires and then finding the money to pay for it.”

“Mr. President, I rise today alongside Senator Schumer and Senator Cortez Masto and so many others who have come to the floor today in opposition to the President's nomination of Robert F.”

“And the reason we have largely eliminated those diseases in this country is because medical research can never take a break. Unfortunately, Mr. Kennedy's animosity toward the NIH does not come to us in a vacuum.”

“Mr. President, along with my colleague from California and so many others tonight, I rise in opposition to the President's nomination of Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget.”

“I will say, there is a silver lining here. Regular people are actually looking at the Constitution. They are saying: How can this happen? How can someone--an unelected billionaire--come in and try to get data?”

“Mr. President, I rise today to honor Jeff Hilborn, who is retiring after a long and distinguished career in radio broadcasting. For more than 30 years, anyone who has tuned in to a radio station in the Brainerd Lakes area has benefited from Jeff's behind-the-scenes work, even if they have never heard his voice.”

“Mr. President, I rise to join my colleagues in mourning the 67 people who were killed in the tragic aircraft collision last night near Reagan National Airport. Among the victims, as reported in the news: a woman from my State, from Mahtomedi, MN--a wonderful town.”

“Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Washington and Senators Schumer and Durbin for bringing us together to condemn the pardons and what happened, but I also want to first express my dissatisfaction about what is happening with this administration in just the first week.”

“Mr. President, I rise today with my colleagues. I want to thank Senator Murray for her leadership, but also Senator Smith, who has long led on this issue and has stood up time and time again for freedoms and reproductive freedom.”

“Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the 60th Presidential inauguration. Today, President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance will take their oaths of office, and we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy. (Applause.) For the past year, I have chaired the Inaugural Ceremony Committee, which includes the leadership of Congress from both parties.”

“So as we inaugurate a new President and Vice President, let us remember that the power of those in this room comes from the people: the construction workers who build our country, the teachers and healthcare workers who nurture us, the troops defending our freedoms, and, yes, the firefighters in Los Angeles putting themselves on the line for us. (Applause.) Our democracy, strength, and grit must match theirs.”

“Mr. President, I rise to mark the fact that Monday's joint session of Congress was the first time that Congress certified the results of a Presidential election with the much-needed and significant reforms in place to the Electoral Count Act that we enacted in 2022 with broad bipartisan support.”