chair durbin: senator klobuchar. senator klobuchar: thank you very much to our chair. to our witnesses. i'm just looking at the facts. i think we need to get these facts straight. in the 2020 election more than 160 million americans voted. more than ever before. and in fact, the trump administration's homeland security official charged with protecting elections deemed the election the most secure election in american history. is that correct, ms. abrams? ms. abrams: that's correct. senator klobuchar: former attorney general barr stated there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could have changed the outcome of the 2020 election. is that right? ms. abrams: that is also correct. miss klobuchar: my problem is this, why do you think 361 bills have been introduced in 47 states that would restrict access to the polls when the way things were running was working for the people of this country. they were voting by mail like never before. exercising their way to vote, right to vote. they did it safely. why did this happen? ms. abrams: with all due respect to secretary

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senator klobuchar: very good. then another bill that senator blunt and i have introduced, the protecting tourism in the united states act, directs the commerce department in consultation with the u.s. travel and tourism board and key federal agencies to develop a plan to help the tourism industry recover, simply because, you know, i think that as things are getting a little better, their ramp up is going to be slower by virtue of the nature of the customers here and where they come from and how they can travel and other industries. i guess i will turn to you with this, mr. perez. by the way, i also want to mention the great leadership of chair rosen as well as senator cortez masto on these issues with nevada. but one report found that in 2020 more than 670,000 hotel industry jobs, and in your testimony you note that mgm resorts had to furlough 60,000 employees as a result of the pandemic. can you speak to how long the hotel industry can sustain itself on the current federal economic relief, particularly regarding

. >> and i'll talk to senator amy klobuchar of minnesota, baltimore police commissioner michael harrison, and historian keith mains of the university of minnesota. >>> plus. >> we are no longer recommending a pause for the johnson & johnson vaccine. >> with vaccination rates already falling, will the j&j episode contribute to vaccine hesitancy? >> it is alarming that this is so widespread at a time when we're right on the edge of being able to get past this disease or not. >> my guest this morning, the director of the national institutes of health, dr. francis collins. our new nbc poll. where president biden stands 100 days into his administration. the early successes and the early warning signs. joining me are "wall street journal" columnist peggy noonan. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington. the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> and a good sunday morning. millions of americans felt a combination of grief and relief, experiencing both the trial and the verdict of derek chauvin last wee

klobuchar: thank. a recent poll found nearly one in four americans said they will not get the coronavirus vaccine. a recent report from the center for countering digital hate identified 12 specific content producers as the original sources of an estimated 65 percent of coronavirus disinformation online. sender lou hand and i after he conducted a hearing sent a letter to jack dorsey and mark zuckerberg calling on them to remove these individuals from the platforms. do you agree more action needs to be taken, what's the response to the letter? ms. bickert: senator, thank you. i know we have assessed that comment and remove the accounts that were violating and i can follow up more with you on specific details of that. and i think this is an important issue. we knew we had to get it right when it comes to misinformation around covid. one of our goals was to help 50 million people get vaccinated and we are doing that will actively through partnerships with local and national health authorities and making su

senator amy klobuchar was an intern to walter mondale.leased a statement, saying he set a high bar for himself, and kept passing it and raising it. he will be sorely missed. senator klobuchar, thank you so enough for joining us on very short notice upon getting this news. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. you know, he was an incredible public servant. and i think probably the words that best capture it are the words on the carter library. they were on the wall, and i was there one day and wrote them down and kept them in my purse. after they lost the election, he said, we told the truth, we obeyed the law, we kept the peace. i think that sums up walter mondale's life. he treated everyone with such kindness. and he went from a tiny little town, the son of a minister, all the way to the second highest office in the land. >> those words that you've just quoted, i've interviewed you lots of times over the years, and more than once you've quoted those words to me. you've often described vice president mondale as your mentor. can you tell u

senator amy klobuchar was an intern to walter mondale. she released a statement, saying he set a high bar for himself, and kept passing it and raising it. he will be sorely missed. senator klobuchar, thank you so enough for joining us on very short notice upon getting this news. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. you know, he was an incredible public servant. and i think probably the words that best capture it are the words on the carter library. they were on the wall, and i was there one day and wrote them down and kept them in my purse. after they lost the election, he said, we told the truth, we obeyed the law, we kept the peace. i think that sums up walter mondale's life. he treated everyone with such kindness. and he went from a tiny little town, the son of a minister, all the way to the second highest office in the land. >> those words that you've just quoted, i've interviewed you lots of times over the years, and more than once you've quoted those words to me. you've often described vice president mondale as your mentor. can you

we know amy klobuchar, the senator from minnesota, will be on the program as well. we are expecting that somber day in terms of the investigation and the officer responsible for his death, she is currently charged with second degree manslaughter after she said taser, taser, taser and fired that bullet into daunte wright. we know those charges are pending. she made her first court appearance just last week. to underscore the overlap that this community is facing right now, that minneapolis is facing, we expect to see the family of george floyd. george floyd's family will be

so there you go. >> klobuchar, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. well, on wednesday night, president biden will describe the tax increases he wants to use to pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure package, but there's another way to pay for it. without raising any taxes just stop cheaters. the irs estimates that tax cheaters owe the treasury $1 trillion a year in tax payments that they never pay because republicans have made sure that the irs does not have the personnel or the resources to fully enforce tax law. that's a deliberate choice by republicans. that is why our next guest has introduced the stop cheaters act. the formal name of the bill is the stop corporations and higher earners from avoiding taxes and enforce rules strictly act stop cheaters joining us now is democratic congressman ro khanna of california. he is the author of the stop cheaters act. carson kinda i've been waiting for this for a long time the tax gap as they call it, the gap between what the irs could collect if they just had enough agents and i

>> thank you, senator klobuchar.'m thinking from my perspective as someone who started his career at the ftc in the 1970s, and i watched since the efforts of our public institutions to do expansive, ambitious things with modest resources. and i think as a starting point as a nation, we have to realize that if we want the equivalent of superior results, we've been talking the last couple of years about the equivalent of public policy moonshot, to put competition law in a much different place. consumer protection in a much different place. we look at our experience that with nasa. that was expensive, but it was worth it, arguably. i think to have the conversation that says it is worth it for our nation to spend what it takes, not just in aggregate numbers but recruit and retain the personnel that we're going to need to drive these programs home successfully. >> thank you. >> and if we're not willing to spend more, and suppose we don't spend triple the agency's budget, if we don't take the steps that you have suggested,

the prince estate, that we're hear and to give proclamations -- >> we are waiting to hear from amy klobucharand we have been listening to sharpton's powerful eu eulogy. >> yeah, calling him the prince of garden city, and this family now, the family of daunte wright now joining a fraternity, a family with too many members. >> the mother of castillo is here, you will remember the story he was shot by police, and the boyfriend of breonna taylor and the no-knock warrant, he is there. they show up in force for a moment like this, for daunte wright's funeral. reverend sharpton knows his way around the pulpit and eulogy, sadly, and he has had them on their feet many times. >> and that it's working on accountability, which is the passive of the george floyd policing act. we go live to brooklyn center. miguel, you know, the reverend there said if you knew who we were, that you would treat us differently. we heard today from his siblings, from his parents and his family exactly who daunte wright was. >> reporter: yeah, it was really hard to listen to the parents who could barely gets the words out. hi

senator klobuchar? >> thank you very much to all our witnesses. welcome to mr. rhodes from 3 am. and good to see you again mr. roads. thank you to the chairman and to the ranking member following this really important hearing and couldn't really come as a more important time, as you point out with a supreme court decision. mr. coffin, in your testimony, you highlight that the ftc has sent out more than 350 warning letters directing companies to remove deceptive claims from fake coronavirus treatments to add to the products that were never delivered. how did these companies react to these warning tools and why is 13 be so important? >> the companies, to their credit, to the extent i want to give them credit, have been re-very responsive. the response has been overwhelmingly positive and within 48 hours, the claims are removed. so it has been highly successful from that perspective. but in terms of 13 be, there is a lot of litigation that we have ongoing that rely solely on 13 before monetary relief. so rather than getting millions and millions or tens of millions of dollars for co

i didn't hear an answer to senator klobuchar's question. apple ever used app developers information to inform its own product strategy? >> senator, i am not aware of anyone in apple using proprietary information from the app store to develop our products. it's the antithesis how we approach product development and innovation. we always create something different and special and unique for our customers. >> i notice you carefully couch that answer in terms of propriety information, but the fact of the matter is apple has in effect appropriated it's reportedly done this so often that it's earned a nickname with developers, sherlocking. apple and google have access to troves of information about apps on their app stores. and it enables them to identify popular apps and then copy and kill them by introducing those competing apps that mimic the original. apple's former ceo steve jobs, put it the company has been, quote, always shameless about stealing great ideas, end quote. that seems to be the m.o. of apple. and there are numerous examples of

i did not hear an answer to senator klobuchar's question. has apple used developer information to inform its own? >> we are not aware of anyone at apple. [inaudible] apple and google have access to information on their app stores and it enables them to identify popular apps and then copy and kill them by introducing those competing apps as steve jobs put it, the company has "always been shameless about stealing great ideas". that seems to be the mo apple and there are numerous examples of the copy and kill strategy. we have heard about their tags. do you impose a strict firewall between the app store and the strategy? >> senator if i understand the question, we have separate teams that manage the app store and engaged in product development strategy. >> you have a barrier between the two what we call in law firms the chinese wall. you have a strict prohibition against sharing of information between the app store and the people who run those businesses. >> senator we have controls in place i would hasten to add the terms when you look at the

senator amy klobuchar, michael beschloss. his memoir was "the good fight," and indeed it was >>> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." thank you for being with us. chuck todd is up right now on "mpt daily" only here on msnbc. >>> welcome to tuesday. we can do the fritz mondale's memories all day and it wouldn't be enough. but right now jury deliberations are under way in the murder trial of former officer derek chauvin. in minneapolis a heavily fortified hennepin county courthouse is the backdrop for a city with more than 3,000 national guard soldiers have flooded the streets. minnesota's governor is asking neighboring states for additional assistance. in philadelphia businesses are boarding up. for many stores, it is the fourth time this year they had to do something like this. in chicago illinois' governor is activating the state's national guard at the request of chicago mayor lori lightfoot. over the weekend thousands demonstrated in response to the shooting, release of the video of the shooting of a

so there you go. >> klobuchar, thank you very much for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it and love the book. just love it. >> thank you. >> thank you. well, on wednesday night, president biden will describe the tax increases he wants to use to pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure package, but there's another way to pay for it. without raising any taxes just stop cheaters. the irs estimates that tax cheaters owe the treasury $1 trillion a year in tax payments that they never pay because republicans have made sure that the irs does not have the personnel or the resources to fully enforce tax law. that's a deliberate choice by republicans. that is why our next guest has introduced the stop cheaters act. the formal name of the bill is the stop corporations and higher earners from avoiding taxes and enforce rules strictly act stop cheaters joining us now is democratic congressman ro khanna of california. he is the author of the stop cheaters act. carson kinda i've been waiting for this for a long time the tax gap as they call it, the gap between what t

we have an advocate from the senate, your senator in minnesota, senator amy klobuchar. >> thank you so much, reverend al. thank you, bishop howell, for allowing me to join you in this sacred space. thank you to mr. and mrs. wright in asking me to close out by saying a few words in your son's memory. i don't have a proclamation to give or a piece of paper. i've got a proclamation in the senate, and that we must pass the george floyd justice and policing act. you know, there's a photo of your son, of daunte, that many americans have seen by now. he's standing outdoors on a sparkling day, holding his son, daunte jr., and he's got this big smile on his face. that smile that you said, katie, would light up the room. we see the lively, outgoing young man who always made people laugh. who was lovingly voted class clown his freshman year by his high school class. we see daunte's radiant love for his family as he holds his baby boy. in the photo daunte jr. wears a colorful bib with polka dots and a bowtie with first birthday printed in cheerful letters across the front. that's when we see the e

we also know we will hear likely from senator amy klobuchar. we're expecting a lot of high-profile figures 20 come up and speak when this memorial service gets started. you see church folks filing in now. and it looks like behind me, it looks like the family is not starting to enter. i'm looking behind and it looks like some of the family is starting to enter the church behind me, chuck. >> shaquille brewster on the ground for us, shaq, thank you very much. and you can stream the entire funeral service live on msnbc.com. you can find it now. we will bring you reverend sharpton's eulogy and senator klobuchar's remarks when they happen. >>> up next, america's climate commitment after four years of trump era climate denial. >>> plus, putin pulling back from the ukraine border. surprising backtrack 24 hours after his tough talk from moscow. we started with computers. we didn't stop at computers. we didn't stop at storage or cloud. we kept going. working with our customers to enable the kind of technology that can guide an astronaut back to safety.

three minnesota amy klobuchar right now, the human so much do you. thank you for being with us tonight. i know it's a hard time. and it's an honor to have you here. >> thank you rachel. >> okay, senator mondale i should say, before he was vice president he was senator. of minnesota. and one of the things that i think is worth remembering at times like this, is that his path, his putter from preacher son and small town minnesota device presidency, it's easy to sort of see the beginnings and see the engine sort of the pinnacles that he reached in public life. but in his time as attorney general for the state of minnesota, in his time as senator in minnesota, he just bill brick-by-brick, a solid decent scandal free record of accomplishment. and bravery. he was a senator doing the great society legislation. and that meant that as a high-profile senator and leader of the time, he was key to getting so much civil rights legislation passed. so much key environmental protections passed. the reason jimmy carter picked him to be his running mate among other th

klobuchar: other still places in the u.s.re an lgbtq person can be denied health care because of who they are? mr. david: yes, there are areas that there are not a state law to prevent their discrimination in health care. sen. klobuchar: how have gaps in federal protection contributed to systemic inequality experienced by members of that community? mr. david: we have areas not protected by federal law. for example, jury service. as a gay man, i could be dismissed and would have no protection under federal law. the same if i were to get into a transportation hub. i would have no recourse if i was thrown out of a taxi or car. i would have no recourse. if i went into a store to purchase a new pair of jeans or shirt and i faced this criminal as an lgbtq person, i would have no recourse under federal law. this unfortunately israel for lgbtq people. -- unfortunately israel for lgbtq people. sen. klobuchar: the business coalition for the equality act is a group of 388 leading u.s. employers, including companies like 3m and general m

senator klobuchar? sen. klobuchar: thank you very much, mr. chairman, ranking member grassley, and congratulations to both of you for your nominations and for your incredible work. judge jackson, the last time you were here in december 2012, then representative paul ryan introduced you. you remember that? judge jackson: i do. sen. klobuchar: saying our politics made differ, but my praise for her integrity is unequivocal. on march 23, 2013 were confirmed by voice vote and have since presided over many jury trials, bench trials, and written 560 -- 562 opinions. what have you learned during your time during a judge that will inform your service on the d.c. circuit judge go -- d.c. circuit judge. judge jackson: thank you, senator. i have been fortunate to work in a district with terrific colleagues. what i have learned is a lot about agency practice, as has been previously mentioned. i did not do agency work in private practice or my role as a federal public defender. i have learned a lot about how our government works in talking with my colleague

>> senator klobuchar, good morning. great to see you.rk of the biden administration. a moment to take stock. the president will be speaking to congress in a couple of nights. i wanted to get you -- his white house, of course, he ran as someone who could bridge the gap with republicans, work across the aisle. his white house points to republican voters' support for their plans. they haven't had any success with republican lawmakers yet. i wanted to give you a chance to give an assessment of your colleagues across the isle, republican senators. they have been some efforts from the republicans on covid and infrastructure with their own plans, but the margins were not close. these were non-starters with the white house. do you see any hope in actually getting republican senators onboard for big issues with this administration? or are you, the democrats, going to have to go it alone? >> i do see hope. i see hope because i see what we did last year in the middle of a crisis, with an administration that was a mess. and we were able to reach bip

senator klobuchar. sen. klobuchar: thank you mr. chair. i will start with ms. clarke, i have worked with the before. you did in excellent job with the committee, i want to thank you for that and got respect from both sides of the aisle in terms of testimony and how you answered russians. we know you have had hundreds of voter suppression bills be introduced across the country since those have selection. could you briefly talk about your top priorities for voting rights when you get, what i am hoping very much this job. ms. clarke: thank you so much, senator. president biden, attorney general garland have talked about the importance of the right to vote. i will follow their lead in ensuring the civil-rights division, if confirmed, using the tools in their arsenal, the uniformed and overseas absentee citizens voting act, to ensure that eligible americans have access to the ballot in our country. sen. klobuchar: thank you. thank you for mentioning the families of both lives lost. these are tragedies in my own state. my constituents have been through a lot with the

senator amy klobuchar. who represents the great state of minnesota. thank you so much for making some time with us tonight. >> thank you chris it was great to have you. >> i had the feelings of relief in grief that played all around the country, from outside the minneapolis courthouse. to the halls of congress. those up next. t. aging seat. oohh yeah, that's nice. can i use apple carplay to put some music on? sure, it's wireless. pick something we all like. ok. hold on. what's your buick's wi-fi password? buickenvision2021. oh, you should pick something stronger. that's really predictable. that's a really tight spot. don't worry. i used to hate parallel parking. (all together) me too. hey. you really outdid yourself. yes, we did. the all-new buick envision. an suv built around you... all of you. it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? ...delegating? oh, good one. move y

i want to bring in now senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. senator, thank you for joining us.ou used to be the hennepin county prosecutor, and you represent the state. give me your reaction tonight. >> first just for the family, thinking about how much they've endured and how even though they knew they would never get george back and that he would never be able to hold his kids, the way they believed that justice could be done, the way they were patient and waited, i thought it was just an act of love. and the second reaction was that keith ellison, my friend, just did an incredible job with this case. he didn't make it about him. he didn't do interview with you guys, right, during the case. he didn't make it about the lawyers. there were a number of really good lawyers. but what he did and what they did, his lawyers did, was say, this is about the witnesses. yes, this is about the tragic death of george floyd, but it's also about his life. and they told that story not only to the jury but america. and having these people who are in my state, the person who worked in the store

and so, we will go to senator rubio and then senator hutchinson, senator globe klobuchar. senator rubio welcome to the committee. we know you come from an ocean state and continue to count on you to work on a lot of policies for us, thank you for being here. >> we're surrounded by an ocean. so i appreciate that, madame chairwoman and ranking member. thank you for having me. i'm going to be brief because our nominee for nasa administrate is no stranger. we know well his passion for the space program is unparalleled. it's a passion that began when he was a member of the house and continued during his time here in the senate. irrespective of who was in charge of the senate, bill nelson was always at the front of the pack in terms of dealing with the space program. i don't need to tell my colleagues that, you all experienced it firsthand. he's no stranger as well. no better advocate for arguing the importance of the program what it means to america's industrial base, research and development and what it means to inspire a nation. great nations do great things, it's in space wh

klobuchar: mr. president, as a wait a very important moment for justice in my state today, our work goes on, and i am here today, first of all, to acknowledge the loss of

you have multiple guests on today including senator amy klobuchar of minnesota, where it all happened. what comes next? many this past week called it just the beginning. i believe even george floyd's brother called it that himself. what do your experts think? >> well, it's interesting. let me introduce a phrase that jim clyburn used in a special we also asked some folks to share some of their immediate thoughts about what happened, and how they felt about the verdict, and jim clyburn introduced the idea maybe this to be a selma moment. the definition of that is of course after selma, we got the civil rights act in '64. after this, are we going to get a police reform, the george floyd police reform act? that's the question. if nothing happens, in this year on police reform, then you don't get that moment. what is selma without the passage of the civil rights act? i think that's the question. this is a significant moment if lawmakers meet the moment. their meeting, there's real optimism that they can come together on police reform. those that are negotiating want to get to yes. tim scot

thank you very much. >> thank you, senator klobuchar. now we will have an introductory statement by senator blumenthal. >> thank you madam chair. thank you to all of the nominees here today once again demonstrating the judgment and wisdom by inviting his beautiful and accomplished family to be with him today. we welcome you and look forward to working with you. it's a tremendous honor to introduce lina khan, whom i've long admired and i want to thank her family as well for their support. ms. khan, your story is so inspiring. it's an immigrant story and american story about extraordinary accomplishment and also giving back to america in such wonderfully important and life-changing ways. you've helped countless people with your expertise and amazing writings and so many academic journals and also your involvement in public service in this congress in both the senate and house it's a great expertise and insight with tremendous experience and frankly the guts and grit that you've demonstrated already to stand up to powerful corporations and

i will turn to senator klobuchar to make her remarks. >> thank you chairwoman. congratulations to all the nominees including senator nelson. today, i have the honor of introducing professor lina kahn as president biden's nominee to be a commissioner of the federal trade commission. she is joined by her husband, and her parents. i am honored to have you with us today. you must be proud of your daughter. lina kahn came to the u.s. when she was 10 years old and began her career as a journalist, analyzingsearching for the trutt her to competition policy and consumer protection. as she investigated and wrote about harm that monopolization -- monopolization can inflict on consumers. now is a daughter of a sportswriter myself, i think that journalism experience is a good thing. after her career as a journalist, lena moved on to being an advisor of the office of commissioner -- commissioner we saw yesterday. we have in this room the federal trade commission. there, professor con drafted policy and cases from the inside. as the legal director at the open markets institut

. >> reporter: amy klobuchar and governor tim walz were among hundreds who attended the service. michael george cbs news minneapolis. >>> still ahead, a rare show of bipartisan unity to fight back against the way above anti- asian violence. how congress plans to get tough on hate crimes. >>> an unsettling discovery about tesla self driving technology and how it can be tricked. >>> the new signs of a bay area travel come back >>> this evening new legislation to combat hate crimes against asians is moving forward with overwhelming bipartisan support in washington. it will create a new position within the justice department to expedite review of potential covert related crimes against asians. it would also direct for justice and health departments to issue guidance on spotting these types of crimes. it will make it easier to report online. chuck schumer told reporters the bill is meant to send a dual message. >> to our asian-american community, we will not tolerate violence and bigotry against you. to those who perpetrate the violence and bigotry, we are going to pursue you to the f

klobuchar: thank you to our witnesses. i'm just looking at the facts and we need to get these facts straight. in the 2020 election, more than 160 million americans voted, more than ever before. the trumpet benefaction -- trumpet ministry should homeland security official charged with protecting elections deemed the election most secure election in american history. is that correct, ms. abrams? ms. abrams: that is correct. sen. klobuchar: former attorney general barr said there is no proof of widespread voter fraud that would have change the results of the 2020 election? ms. abrams: that's correct. sen. klobuchar: why do you think three or 61 bills would have been advanced when the way things were running was working for this country? they were voting by mail, exercising their right to vote and did it safely. why did this happen? ms. abrams: with all due respect to secretary of state gardner, i would refer back to senator sheldon whitehouse's commentary. we saw an increased dissipation from communities considered unfortunat

. >>> i want to turn now to democratic senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. senator, your reaction to the verdict tonight? >> i just kept thinking of the family, the floyd family, knowing that this wouldn't bring george back to them. he'll still never be able to hold his children or visit his mom's grave. so, he's still gone. but that family, chris, held in for justice. they believed it was possible despite what happened in all these other cases around the country. so, i am so proud of keith ellison, our attorney general. i don't think enough has been said about how he put together this team and they weren't hot dog lawyers. they were doing their job. they did a great job. what did the story -- what was the story for the jurors and for america? it was about the witnesses. it was about not just how george floyd tragically died but how he lived. and it was about, yes, the police officers willing to come forward and testify against derek chauvin but also those ordinary citizens, the guy working at the store that felt so bad, the passer by that wished he could ha

thank you, chairwoman. >> thank you, senator scott. >> i'd like to next recognize senator klobuchar. >> thank you senator rosen. thank you as well to senator scott and i am excited to hear from our witnesses today. i know this has been a tough time for tourism, but having this hearing couldn't be more timely. i have long been involved in this issue from the time that i had the job of chairing the tourism subcommittee and commerce. proud of some of the work we've done with witnesses within brand usa and the work you're doing today. and i guess i start there because i know that senator rosen asked a question and talked about the loss, at least, of international travel on the mgm resorts and also, really, everywhere in the country, which is part of the reason we were so proud of the work we've done on brand usa. and finally allowed us to have an even playing field when it came to promoting our own country. this had as been a real gut punch for the tourism industry, obviously. we had to shut down the borders for international tourists. but as we see this, as we call it in, on lake superi

temple where the funeral will take place in momentarily and we already saw that minnesota senator amy klobuchar shara has arrived you know this this as you reported just days after the guilty verdicts for the police officer who killed george floyd you know maybe this is early to ask you this but is anything changing any meaningful way. yes and you know yes it has already has something has changed and that's of course is awareness and still the world is watching to this just because george choice murder they're showing was found guilty this is not over with those people he is black community here in minneapolis in minnesota all over the nation all over the united states is knows that and they're adamant about this now just to him board to do yes of course and you know there is where washington comes in there's where the senate comes in congress comes in and there is at the moment a momentum a push for police reform for new laws who and those laws. would then we cryo hopefully that something like the chokehold will be declared illegal it's still illegal unbelievable but still legal so there is go

thank you. >> thank you, senator klobuchar. next i would like to recognize in person senator sullivan. >> thank you, madam chair. i really appreciate this committee. i think it is exciting. i think it is going to be an important committee, very bipartisan, all of these issues. i'm looking forward to your and senator scott's leadership on this. ms. barnes, i wanted to ask you, you mentioned my visit america act, which is very bipartisan with senator schatz and senator king. one thing it would do, it would establish an assistant secretary of commerce for travel and tourism. as you and i have discussed, many countries have cabinet officials in charge of tourism. we don't even have an assistant secretary. now, i'm not a big government guy, but as you know when you are in the debates within the federal agencies, you need someone, senate confirmed, to stand up for this huge part of our economy which goes across so many states. can you share with me a little bit of your perspective of the importance of this act that passed out of this

klobuchar, the senator from kentucky mr. mcconnell, the senator from south dakota mr.uhn, the senator from wyoming mr. brought to, the senator from iowa ms. ernst, the senator from missouri mr. blunt, the senator from florida mr. scotto. >> the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors to the right and left of the podium. [inaudible] >> madam speaker, the dean of the diplomatic floor. [applause] [inaudible] [gavel] >> madame speaker, the chief justice of the supreme court. [applause] [inaudible] [applause] [inaudible] [gavel] >> madame speaker, representative of the president's cabinet. [applause] [inaudible] [inaudible] [laughter] [applause] [gavel] [applause] [inaudible]

the senator, amy klobuchar, was there.llison, was there, and representatives of national civil rights organizations were there. and so -- and they were all on one note talking about the george floyd justice in policing act and saying that has to become law. and so, if there's anything such as kind of having a wind at their back on this issue, then i would say that now is a moment where that's the case. and people here, even in the midst of the verdict, would say that they were cautiously optimistic. they felt like they had gotten a victory, but it's just one victory in a long road and there's a lot of work to be done. >> melissa, when i saw the attorney general, the current attorney general, merrick garland, addressing the policy changes at d.o.j., and you read some of the, i think, cautiously optimistic is the right word, cautiously optimistic reporting about the legislative process, you know, it's just important to remind people that the george floyd policing act really is not a radical piece of legislation. it has a lot

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thanks to president biden, and on the other side, thanks to senator klobuchar, senator smith, who both voted for the covid relief bill, so they get thanks. if you're in a state that doesn't have democratic senators like minnesota does, here's the version that you may see going up. this is from north carolina. i think it also just went up today in greensboro. similar theme, help is here, checks, money for schools and vaccines. thanks to president biden. but in this case, because it's north carolina, the other side says, help is here, no thanks to senator burr and senator tillis. since they have two republican senators, and both voted no. all republican senators voted no. it makes it particularly stark in a state like wisconsin, where they have one senator from each party. their billboard has one senator over there with president biden. thanks to president biden and thanks to senator baldwin, help is here. on the other side, it says no thanks to senator johnson. over there on the right, all by himself in black and white, looking sad. the democrats taking a victory lap, taking credit for