Amy Klobuchar
I am proud to be a woman in the Senate.
My best friends are women in the Senate, but much like Senator Obama, I ran on a platform of change.
I am endorsing Barack Obama because he is a new kind of leader: he speaks with a different voice; he brings a new perspective and inspires a real excitement from the American people.
I never was a great sports player. In fact, in fourth grade, I had the second to the worst softball throw.
I grew up in the public schools, my mom taught in them, and then my daughter is in them.
The women Democrats and Republicans work together incredibly well.
Normal people should be able to run for office.
I have tried to treat people on the other side civilly and look for common ground.
I love representing Minnesota in the Senate.
There are always people that are misbehaving.
I actually went to law school with Jim Comey. We were in the same class, and he was respected by our classmates just like he was respected by the agents that he supervised.
I'm a former prosecutor. And for me, the integrity of the justice system is all about the fact that these men and women go to work every day to be there for our country.
I love the State Fair. It's an event that really brings the urban and the rural Minnesotans together. Rural people get a chance to mix with the urban folk and see what the cities have to offer, and urban people get to remember where their food comes from and who produces it for them.
You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.
Sometimes people have different views on different issues.
I wanted to be a librarian.
I know we can find a bipartisan response to pressing challenges - like repairing, modernizing and adding to the infrastructure on which we all rely. I know it because I've seen it happen in my own state of Minnesota.
A bridge shouldn't just fall down in the middle of America. Not a bridge that's a few blocks from my house. Not an eight-lane highway. Not a bridge that I drive over with my family every day, along with tens of thousands of Minnesotans. But that's what happened.
We need to build roads, bridges, airports, locks, dams, and rail that work for this century - not the last one. And let's not forget about updating our energy grid, repairing and replacing our water infrastructure and sewers, and making sure all Americans have access to broadband.
In many parts of our country, geography and population density can make it difficult to attract private investment. These communities depend on federal investments to maintain and upgrade their transportation systems and stay competitive. And we know that it's an investment worth making. Because when rural America succeeds, we all do.
I saw firsthand the toll that fraud can take on the victims and their families.
While there are plenty of reasons that we lost in 2016, there's at least one that we can definitely fix for next time: We can make sure that no one is left behind in where we go, in who we talk to, in what we say, and in what we do.
The president has to govern.
I actually spoke at the christening of the USS Minnesota - it was a really, very cool submarine in Norfolk.
I think there's a lot of Democrats that would favor reducing the corporate tax rate as long as we find a way to close loopholes so we have a way to pay for it.
I think civility is important to getting things done.
In Minnesota, we tend to be a little more open to immigration.
It's understood in Minnesota that we're going to start losing businesses if we can't find more workers.
There really is a sense of internationalism in the heartland.
When you look back at your own story, you may find out that not every 't' was crossed and every 'i' was dotted.
People who live in seven houses shouldn't throw stonesCollection: People
I believe that women make some of the best leaders.Collection: Believe
Anything and everything is possible.Collection: Anything And Everything
As the ranking member of the Rules Committee, I'm particularly concerned about ensuring our elections are safe from foreign interference.Collection: Election
Women tend to be problem solvers. We work together.Collection: Funny Inspirational
For me, one of my earliest memories of politics where I thought that I could do anything was when Walter Mondale of Minnesota picked Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. I literally remember what she wore - the red dress, the white pearls. And I saw that, and I thought anything is possible.Collection: Running
I think this is an exciting time where we can actually get a compromise between Democrats and Republicans, and we have to for this country. Now, I think we need not only to balance the budget in the future but we also need balance in the budget.Collection: Country
As you are well aware Russia is actively working to undermine our democracy and hurt American businesses at the same time. Now more than ever Americans are looking to Congress for leadership and we must be a united front.Collection: Hurt
You cannot compare any leaders in America to what Vladimir Putin has done. This is a man and a regime that has taken down a passenger plane in Ukraine, killing hundreds of people.Collection: Taken
The death of Fidel Castro, of course, is not as significant when you first look at it, because Raul Castro, his brother, has been in power for years. But, in fact, he's been a looming figure even during his illness that I think has made a difference in holding us back in trying to open up more negotiations and move ahead with opening up relations between America and Cuba.Collection: Brother
If Hillary Clinton can be president, then one girl can be mayor.Collection: Girl
If Hillary Clinton can be president, then one girl can be mayor. And someone else can be a police chief, and someone else can be a U.S. senator.Collection: Girl
What I do see is Cuban people that are just - want to see change. They are vibrant. They are trying to fix up old cars, so they can start their tourism businesses. There's hundreds of thousands of small companies that have already started under some exceptions that Raul Castro has put into place.Collection: People
There are still people that have been held for human rights that shouldn't be held for just speaking their mind.Collection: Rights
Times change, and right now what people need is, they need to be able to send their kids to college, they need to able to buy a house.Collection: Kids
To criminally prosecute a child not old enough to go to the school prom makes no sense, you get much more cooperation from a victim if you give them a safe harbor, a place to live, job training, an education.Collection: Education
We have an enormous part of the FBI in our counter intelligence division and in our cyber division that focuses on just threat and making sure that we do everything that we can to understand how the bad guys might come at us.Collection: Guy