senator klobuchar, debbie stabenow and other women in the senate, yourself, you're here tonight. it's numbers that matter. number, numbers, numbers. i don't see the roar in the streets for something that seems to me an easy one for democrats, for progressives, for women, which is raise the minimum wage. your thoughts? >> my thoughts are, a lot of the times you might not hear the noise, but it's what people are talking about. these are meat and potatoes issues and it's something that women care about. you know that you talked about the number of people across the country who support the minimum wage. you also know that 60% of the women, 60% of the households, women-led households are either primary winners or co-winners, co-you know, making the money for the families. when we increase a minimum wage, we're helping them help their families. so i don't think it's that -- it is something that people don't care about. they might not be as vocal. it is something i know people care about in maryland a lot. we've had rallies. unions have been here in maryland. so this is something that i

amy klobuchar is head of the joint economic committee of congress.awlings-blake is the mayor of baltimore, maryland. thank you, ladies, for joining me. this issue amazes me all the time because of the number of people it affects. senator klobuchar, talk about how it doesn't just affect people at the very bottom, how it affects people a bit higher and how it particularly affects people who work for tips which is a lot of women, and generally women. >> exactly, chris. you know, this is a big deal for our whole economy, but particularly women. two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women. most of the people, the majority of the people who work in the service industry are women. it doesn't just affect minimum wage workers. if we can increase the minimum wage, which we haven't done for years, this could mean at least conservative estimates over 16 million people will get a raise. and when you've got a situation where it's getting harder and harder to send your kids to college, or the waitress we had with us today from texas who talked about the fact that

klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: i rise today in support of the bipartisan childcare development block grant act of 2014. i want to thank senator mikulski for her great leadership, senator burr for his leadership and senator harkin and alexander. we have had a great afternoon. i would start off by saying we have a number of people confirmed, which i am very pleased about including the ambassador to canada. i think it's pretty important that we have an ambassador to canada when canada is our biggest trading partner. we haven't had one now for months, and this is a very good thing. but back to the bill. mr. president, it's been almost 20 years since the senate last reauthorized ccdbg, and since that time, we have learned that if we want strong communities, a robust work force and students who are ahead of the curve, we need to ensure that every child has access to high-quality childcare. as the country's primary federal childcare program, ccdbg provides millions of families with the assistance they need to e

klobuchar: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that four -- five fellows from senator schatz' office who are fellows in his office be given floor privileges for the remainder of this session. the physical lows are brian bell, james chang, jamie lawrence, mosen said and timothy taura. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. klobuchar: thank you very much, mr. president. i appreciate the comments of my colleague from virginia. as i look around the chamber today and i see the senators from vermont, from virginia, from hawaii, from california, these senators maybe 5,000, 5,000 miles apart, but what unites them today, including your home state of maine, is a focus on climate change and the recognition that we're connected by the impacts of global climate change. it's time for congress to wake up and to tackle this issue. that's why we're staying up all night tonight, to make that major point. the consequences of climate change include rising seas and large tidal surges for seaside communities, t

i think amy klobuchar would run and that dilutes kerstin ji gillibrand's base. advantage. >> i think we're a ready for a woman in 2016 and it's amazing to sit and watch -- regardless of what hillary clinton does, she's got big wings now, she is protecting everyone in that democratic base that could possibly run, she's protecting andrew cuomo in new york, protecting martin o'malley in maryland. >> michelle! michelle! >> yes? >> have you evolved or what? are you a democrat? is this what i'm hearing? am i hearing this? >> i am someone who believes in the free market when the free market is fair and equal and believes in equality for african americans, women, hispanics and everybody else. >> that's a good statement. i love the statement but that didn't answer my question. you sound like a democrat. >> i think i've always been evolved chris. >> we all evolve. thank you, governor ed rendell who never evolves, he's always a good guy. and thank you micheller be around in. the west might not like what putin is doing but russians do. this is all about nationalism and rest

. >> reporter: last month amy klobuchar introduced legislation that would require companies to install a kill switch on each new device. >> we literally have to make these phones as sophisticated as the people who are stealing them. >> reporter: the wireless association said its member companies moved as quickly as possible to work with the fcc, law enforcement and other policy makers to develop the proactive, multifaceted approach to remove the aftermarket for stolen phones. the association also says wireless companies are concerned that kill switches could be hacked and used to disable the phones of entire groups of customers, including law enforcement. schneiderman says he believes the industry is capable of developing a secure solution. charlie, norah? >> elaine quijano, thank you. >>> testimony was interrupted in the murder trial of the so-called blade runner oscar pistorius. the double amputee olympic track star is on trial in south africa for shooting his girlfriend last year. court was briefly adjourned after the neighbor's picture was on television. she said she heard a woman

and it's time for senator klobuchar. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this important hearing and for working on some important legislation. .. and working with the justice department on that. number two, how we prevent this going forward. and one of the things that i found pretty shocking was that in america we have 25% of credit card transactions in the world, but we 50% of the world's fraud. some of the other countries have moved to the chip and p.i.n. technology. i know that target tried some of this technology. maybe you can talk about that a few years back but it wasn't adopted by other companies. so i think i would start with that. what do you think we need to do to stop this from happening in terms of adopting some of the technology, and how long do you think it will take when we already have parts of the world that are already adopting this, it's curly the standard in europe? so maybe we could hear from you, ms. richey, first. >> we do believe that businesses are for the united states to join most of the rest of the countri

when i heard senator klobuchar talking about what it's during to crops in her country, that affects food prices in new jersey. when i heard the senator from maine talking about the lobster industry, we eat lobster in new jersey as well. we are one integrated economy. king said it so profoundly that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. and so if you would comment for me a little deeper because i know when you leave here and go back to your state, you're not looking at data or statistics. you're talking to people whose lives are not just being disrupted by climate change but severely affected. and i was wondering if you could could -- we have heard lots of data and charts tonight and all day, but i was hoping that you could speak a little bit more to the grievous financial damage it's doing in our interconnected economy to the people of your state and thus to the people of america. mr. heinrich: i want to thank my friend, the senator from new jersey. these issues have such profound impacts on individual people and communities. you know, when i think back to that las concha

, schumer, murray, boxer, whitehouse, shotsst schatz, feinstein, nelson, quants we will, cardin, klobuchar, udall of colorado, udafl new mexico, shaheen, america rirks bennett, blumenthal, heinrich, king, and booker. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, in this chamber we spend a lost time debating how our actions wilactionswill affect future ges and the obligations we have to leave futur future generations a better world. nowhere is that more apparent than when it comes to the issue of climate change. it is critical, critical that we leave our children and grandchildren a sustainable planet with a promising, bright future. we can no longer shyway from the fact, the fact that over 98% of all working climate scientists believe that human activities have led to climate change. the inner governmental panel on climate change has found it to be unequivocal that the world is warming due to human activities. the existence of man-made climate change is not a debatable issue, nor is it a vague or distant threat. it is a situation that requires serious attention immed

klobuchar: i appreciate senator hoeven's work on the ukraine issue. i know he went there recently and i also have visited the great energy resources in his state, as his guest, and know they have a broad range of energy sources, as does minnesota. i rise to talk about the importance of the support for the sovereignty, integrity, democracy, and economic stability of ukraine act, and i urge the senate to act as quickly as possible to get it done. as the past week as made clerks the crisis in ukraine is not waiting for us. we've witnessed russia's blatantly illegal annexation of crimea and its continued efforts to bully, intimidate, and weaken the new ukrainian government. it is critical that we immediately demonstrate three things to the world. one, our support for ukraine as it charts a new democratic future for itself. two, our abhorrence of the russian government's actions that violate ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. and, three, our commitment to continue leading the world through a tough and determined response to the crisis. this l