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expected to vote on another piece of president obama's jobs bill, what we talked about with amy klobuchar. $50 billion worth of investment, building bridges and the roads and the like. republicans used to be for infrastructure, they are now 100% uniformly against it. not only that, on the last infrastructure vote in congress the republicans filibustered, republicans got support in blocking it from two conservative democrats from nebraska's ben nelson and montana's jon tester. not this time. at least we think not this time. senator ben nelson and senator jon tester both now saying they will at least think about now not siding with the republicans to filibuster infrastructure again. they will at least think about voting to allow a vote on the bill. instead of joining the republican blockade. which is progress. really, really, really conservative democrat joe manchin of west virginia signed on to the bill as a co-sponsor with senator klobuchar. we expect republicans to be unified against jobs bill at this point, even on infrastructure which they used to support, but if the democrats stop spl

. >> we have been joined by senator klobuchar from minnesota, where they are having quarterback difficulties. [laughter] >> we do have a team, however. >> i am from west virginia. i deserve that. what is interesting -- that is good. [laughter] i have spent -- my mother spent about 12 years dying from alzheimer's. i cannot really be sure. but die she did. my wife's father died from alzheimer's. there are 5 million people that have timers in this country. one of the stunning things about alzheimer's -- are working in a traumatic brain injury area, you can do that while you're working on alzheimer's, because there are a lot of common threads in there. the stunning thing is "the new york times" out with an article saying the last 30 years of research at the great institutes of research in this country had produced absolutely no progress whatsoever on finding out the cure for alzheimer's, but for preventing, not for slowing it down, not even for testing if you have it, although that may be on the way, but that his doctorate, which is what we want to pick that is a stunning figure. now comes along

klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: i rise today to speak in defense of the national defense act and certain portions of the bill that aaddress a serious problem facing the men and women of our armed services. this is sexual asawvment i introduced in legislation on this issue in the spring with senator susan collins and i remain deeply concerned about the subject. many of our colleagues are aware that sexual assault is a persistent problem within our armed forces. reports of trauma haveries nonrecent years. in march the department of defense put out its annual report on sexual assault in the military. according to the estimates, there were more than 3,000 reports of sexual assault in the military last year. that included reports by both male and female victims, supposing attacks perpetrated both by and against members of our military. and those are just the reported attacks. since the department of defense estimated that only 15% of victims actually come higher, we can assume the number is much higher, upward

senator klobuchar. >> thank you all of you for being here on this important topic. i know that senator kunes raised the issue of the intellectual property which is an issue that i have been very focused on and not just with the dvd that senator kunes mentioned but also with theft over the internet and i don't think people off and realize the relationship between these kinds of hot and organized crime, so i wonder, mr. breuer come if you could talk about what types of intellectual property have been targeted by the groups and what we can do to spread or prevent such crime. >> we think that the transnational crime in today that he identified is a challenging intellectual property and is using computers and is expanding around the world. what we have to do with more tools you have to empower us as we have asked to bring racketeering cases against organizations and have more of an international reach in doing that because these are sophisticated organizations. i was just in romania last week as i mentioned in the very issue that you're identifying is one that we talked

klobuchar: thank you, mr. president. rise today to speak in support of the vow to hire heroes act of 2011, which has been offered as an amendment by my friend from montana, senator jon tester. this friday is veterans day. on this day every year, americans join together to honor the men and women in uniform who have served and sacrificed for our country. think of the work we do for our veterans. some of it is very small, small to us but not small to them. we have people call our office all the time, mr. president, when there are mess-ups with their benefits, when red tape gets in the way. i'll never forget one last year where one of the patriot guard who stands outside and holds the flag during funerals for our service members, she came to me in tears and said that her son had been badly hurt serving our country. in fact, he had lost his leg. and when he came back, he was at walter reed, he was fit with a prosthetic leg and then he came home. and when he was trying to get his benefits, he was told he couldn't get his bene

so thank you very much. >> thank you very much, senator klobuchar. did you want to say anything to that? >> just an observation that i will be a member of that baby boom generation that will be getting, i guess i might already be there at this time spent i thought but i decided hold that. >> i am trying to show a great deal of sympathy. [laughter] knowing the difference in our ages. senator durbin. >> thank you, mr. chair german. thank you attorney general. i noticed in the opening test when he talked about the efforts to extradite those index responsible for the killing of americans. i'd like to take you to another aspect of this issue. recently the "chicago tribune" did a series relating to the stooges, criminal fugitives who fled the country, 129th criminal suspects have fled illinois, according to doj data. and many of them have been charged with crimes as serious of murder and rape and child molestation. what we've done in cases over and over again, one case in particular, in 1996 it is alleged that page are active are gunned down a single mothe

klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: i'm here today to discuss the critical need to address our nation's crumbling transportation and infrastructure system. the cracks in this system became abundantly clear to all of our country, and in fact the entire world, when on the afternoon of august 1, 2011, the i-35w bridge in minneapolis collapsed into the middle of the mississippi river, taking the lives of 13 minnesotans and injuring so many more. as i said that tkaeurbgs a bridge just -- day, a bridge shouldn't fall down in the middle of america, especially not an eight-lane interstate highway, which is one of the most heavily traveled bridges in our state. especially not at rush hour in the middle of a metropolitan area, especially not a bridge six blocks from my house, a bridge that i take my family over all the time to go out to visit their friends. that's what happened that day in the middle of a sunny day in the middle of america. and yet, four years after the i-35w bridge has collapsed and been rebuilt, 25%

klobuchar: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i am speaking on the vote that is about to occur in this chamber on the rebuild america jobs act. over the past few days, we have been discussing how to best address our nation's crumbling infrastructure. the cracks in this broken system became tragically clear on a beautiful summer's day in minnesota, august 1, 2007, when the i-35w bridge simply crashed into the mississippi river, killing 13 people, dozens of cars in the river. as i said that day, a bridge just shouldn't fall down in the middle of america, but it did. and not an eight-lane highway shouldn't fall down, not a highway that is literally six blocks from my house that i drive over every day with my family, but that's what happened. and yet, four years after the i-35w bridge collapsed and was fixed a year later, still 25% of the nation's 600,000 bridges have been declared structurally deficient or obsolete, 25%. our country has gotten a near-failing grade from the civil academy of engineers. our construction work

. >> thank you, senator klobuchar. senator pryor. >> thank you, chairman. thank you for having this hearing. it is a very important issue, and it touches this country all over the map in many different sports. let me start with you, mr. oliver. i would like context on the legal framework here in terms of -- are there state laws on helmets in sports? do athletic conferences, like high-school athletic conferences and associations, do they have rules about this and standards? also, the n.c.a.a. and the nfl, when it comes to football, do they have standards? what is the legal framework here? >> the legal framework is actually fairly simple. the standards that we publish, for example, for football helmets, that is the best example, because it probably applies across the board to other stores -- sports. we publish performance standards and indicate what helmets are supposed to do to meet the standard, a multi-factored standard of them organization, for example, like the n.c.a.a., will incorporate into their rules of play a requirement that helmets worn by those a

we are working for debbie stabenow and amy klobuchar.he super committee could not come to a deal does this affect our people polled levers next year? guest: sure, the public as a low view of congress now and their ability to get things done. any deal they would have come to would be a bad deal for the country considering where the republicans are going but politically a bad deal for democrats. it would have required cuts to medicare and social security which the public is against. one of the big advantages democrats have is the republican vote for the paul ryan plan which is a hugely unpopular vote for them and we will use that up and down the ballot against those candidates. even more important for the country and for democrats is that this keeps the issue of the bush tax cuts on the table. i was worried that there would have taken off the table. democrats did that in 2010 i think that was a mistake republic is on our side in terms of wanting the bush tax cuts to expire. this'll be the center of the 2012 campaign and as a democrat i wan

got off the call with the secretary of transportation and the interior and also senators frank and klobuchar and other representatives and we think we are going to get that done. it's possible to get something done to work together as republicans and democrats and i'm looking forward to eight to beat to it. >> as one of few that has ever run for president, how do you feel that you have been treated by the press, by the public and by the river candidates? >> the public has been wonderful. people in iowa have been fantastic and all across the country. i haven't felt that anyone has seen me as any less or disqualified and i want to give thanks to my parents for instilling the fat. i had three brothers and no sisters and i was treated just like my brothers and for the public's any girl can have to grow up with three brothers and no sister you learn how to fight and they know not to be on the sister as far as the other candidates did been very gracious and very kind, and certainly we have our differences. we don't see each other at all really to speak of because when we go to events we are not th

amy klobuchar, from minnesota, she gets it. she's seen a bridge fall apart in her state. senator whitehouse from rhode island, he gets it. congressman larson from connecticut gets it. i know the mayor of washington, d.c., gets it. but we've got to have everybody on capitol hill get it. last month, republicans in the senate blocked a jobs bill that would have meant hundreds of thousands of private sector construction jobs repairing bridges like this one. it was the kind of idea that, in the past at least, both parties have voted for, both parties have supported. it was supported by the overwhelming majority of the american people. it was paid for. and yet, they said no. the truth is, the only way we can attack our economic challenges on the scale that's needed is with bold action by congress. they hold the purse strings. it's the only way we're going to put hundreds of thousands of people back to work right now -- not five years from now, not 10 years from now, but right now. it's the only way that we're going to rebuild an economy that's not based on financial bubbles, bu

. >> centre klobuchar. >> thank-you all of you for being here for this important topic.i know senate coons raise the issue of intellectual property. i have been focused on this issue and not just dvd's but also theft over the internet and people don't often realize their relationship between these kind of thefts and organized crime. could you talk about what type of intellectual property have been targeted by international crime group said what we can to better prevent such crime? >> we very much think that transnational organized crime today is a challenge to intellectual property and it is usually computers and it is expanding around the world. we have to have more tools. we have asked rico cases to be brought to trial. these are sophisticated organizations. i was just in romania last week and the issue you are identifying as one we talked a lot about. it takes root in those countries through computers. people are stealing the intellectual property of the united states. we are bringing many cases in that area. we will continue to do that using the racketeering powers w

grassley and then our side the order of arrival is senator feinstein, senator kearns and senator klobuchar. >> train to mr. breuer coming yesterday he made a statement saying dcf and u.s. attorney's office officials quote, unquote repeatedly assured officials in the criminal division and the leadership of the department of justice the allegations about walking guns and fast and furious or not true. please be more specific. who exactly dts had begun walking allegations were through? not exactly at the u.s. attorneys office said the allegations were untrue? >> senator grassley, as i said yesterday, of course it was my office that ultimately prosecuted the wide receiver case i want to be very clear to you, senator, that when i burned a mess of april 2010 and i learned about it and we decided to prosecute this case from 2006

just got a call with the secretary of transportation in the interior and also senators franken, klobuchar other representatives and we think we'll get that done. so it is possible to get something done to work together as republicans and democrats and i'm looking forward to it. >> is the only woman in the space, how do you feel that you've been treated by the press, the public and other candidates? >> , public has been on solely wonderful. people in iowa have been fantastic and all across the country. i haven't felt that anyone has seen me has any less were disqualified and i were to give thanks to my parents for stealing not. i had three brothers and no sisters and i was treated just like my brothers. by the way, is the best preparation for politics and a crook and have to her three brothers and a sister. you learn how to fight. as far as the other candidates, they've all been very gracious and very kind and we don't see each other at all to speak out because when we go to events, we after talking to each other. we talked to people when we go debates. we go on stage and were up talking p

and because of the good work of senator klobuchar and others, they were able to bring that whole sibling group to the united states. i could go on and on and tell you the most remarkable stories. but as members travel through the rooms of the capitol this month, they are going to be very happy to see in the rotunda of the russell senate office building a very special exhibit and that's the national heart gallery exhibit. about some ten years ago, or maybe even less, some great nonprofits got together and said, what could we do to help show americans that these are beautiful children with lots of potential just waiting for a chance for a family to call their own. and so photographers donated their time to take really beautiful portraits of these children. so it doesn't look like just a mug shot. but beautiful portraits of these children, and some of them are going to be on display. this is an opportunity for us to become more familiar with how many different kinds of children are available for adoption. and i say that as sensitively as i can. these are children that are waiting for a fami

gillibrand, grassley, hagan, harkin, heller, hoeven, inhofe, inouye, johanns, ron johnson, tim johnson, klobuchar, landrieu, lautenberg, lee, lug lugar, manchin, mccaskill, menendez, merkley, mikulski, moran, murray, ben nelson, pryor, risch, sanders, schumer, shaheen, snowe, stabenow, test tester, toomey, mark udall, vitter, warner, whitehouse, and wyden. and it's been called up. i ask consent to have it set aside so we can go on and continue with the pending matter. the presiding officer: without objection. without objection, the foregoing request from the senator from arizona is granted. mr. levin: well, reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: and i don't object because that is the way we should proceed, going back and forth. i just -- usually we do that informally and i don't know whether or not if the senator -- whether there may be implications because i don't know who's -- mr. levin: i have no objection. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: i thank my friend from michigan. i do that for the convenience of my c

got off of the phone with the secretary of transportation and interior and senators frank and amy klobuchar. it is possible to get something done and to work together as republicans and democrats. is looking forward to it. >> as the only woman in this race and one of the few running -- who has ever run for president, how do you feel you have been treated by the press, the public, and the other candidates? >> the public has been wonderful. people in iowa have been bent -- have been fantastic. i want to give thanks to my parents for instilling that in me. i have three brothers and no sisters. i was treated just like my brothers. that is the best preparation for politics in negro can have -- to grow up with three brothers. -- for politics any girl can half, to grow up with three brothers. they have been gracious and kind. we have our differences. we do not see each other because when we go to events, we are talking to people. when we go to debate, we line up behind the curtain and we go on stage. we do not spend a lot of time together. everyone has been nice, gracious, and civil. we are retice