klobuchar: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i thank senator schumer for his leadership. the fact that we in the senate were able to come unanimously behind this important, important resolution which i will describe in a minute, and i also thank senator mcconnell. and i certainly thank my friend, senator blunt, for his leadership. we must pass this legislation honoring the capitol police and other heroes who protected the capitol on january 6 by awarding them this congressional gold medal. senator blunt joined me from the beginning in sponsoring the senate version of this legislation and worked with me on the rules committee. and thank you to the presiding officer, senator padilla, for his great service on that committee to continue the work of getting to the bottom of the security planning and response failures that we saw on january 6. while that work goes on, it is important that we recognize the bravery and patriotism of those who def

klobuchar: mr. mel cho. mr. mitchell: we are paying almost four times what other countries are for the exact same drugs. no other country allows drugmakers to dictate the prices of drugs. that is why our prices are high. they negotiate. we do not. the outcome is prices that range is high as everyone knows. sen. klobuchar: thank you. return to solutions. mr. kade yous, the coal mines and the failure of u.s. competition law. are you saying these problems should have been an early warning sign it and most importantly, broad-based performance. if you look at these markets, there can be some specific tech laws. what we're going to be doing next month on the agricultural markets and something senator grassley is interested in as we ll as what we have seen from online travel. this is called the softball. leading question. would be most helpful. mr. kades: i do, senator. you talked about the ovation case. is it -- it is a perfect example of where antitrust has gone off the rails. it should be easy if there

klobuchar: sure. we put billions into this and it is still being spent state by state and local by local as the doctor pointed out, don't always want to do things from above to get the information out. schools. i was looking at donna. i was curious how she would answer this, but i think that is another source. as we do get the vaccine approved for younger, that will be interesting. vaccines are required, right, donna, for all kinds of various diseases for kids. you can do the same eventually when we get this officially approved and approved for kids. i think all of that will make a difference. the other thing i was thinking as you were talking, chelsea, trying to put this in not a negative optimistic light, note to self, just because i sit across from ted cruz in the judiciary committee, please remember to be optimistic. just because i will be here all night voting until 5:00 in the morning, true story, at least optimistic. i do think trying to put an optimistic look at this, remember where we were in

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klobuchar, the only one who is wittier than me is you." >> that's unbelievably high praise. do you have that note? >> no. here's the thing. it was in one of my dad's books. i was looking for it for years. but i read it myself. >> that's amazing. your word for its good enough for the program. you've introduced your own version of this anti-monopoly legislation called the competition and antitrust law enforcement act. and one of your proposals is to shift the burden of proof to the merging parties to demonstrate that their merger will not violate the law. why is that important? >> because it's become harder and harder to prove up these cases. there was one 15-year period where plaintiffs won zero percentage of the time before the supreme court. so what i do here is, for major, major mergers, saying, "okay, instead of the government having to prove that this hurts competition, you have to show that it doesn't hurt competition." and it's just an acknowledgement of the sophisticated nature of the economy right now and the lack of resources on one side or the other. >> representat

amy klobuchar. ranking member. and all of the members of congress.luding the mayor washington, d.c. thank you for being with us this afternoon. like so many gathered here, i was at the united states capitol of wednesday, january 6. i was in a classified meeting with senator blunt on national security with members of the senate intelligence committee. not long after i left, the chaos began. like americans everywhere, my husband and i watched with absolute shock as our capital was under siege and the people within it afraid for their lives. what we know now is in the midst of that violent attack, there were countless acts of courage. we are here today in the rose garden, at the white house, to recognize that courage. the officers of the united states capitol police and the d.c. metropolitan police risked their own lives to save the lives of others both on january 6 and april 2. they sacrificed so much to defend our nation. and in securing our capital, they secured our democracy. these officers are heroes. [applause] and these officers are patriots. the

. >> now senator amy klobuchar is focused on america modern-day monopolies and mega-mergers. >> you're one of the most successful companies, biggest companies in the world, mr. zuckerberg. do you think that this is fair competition or not? >> as facebook and apple, google and amazon creep further into our lives, what does senator amy klobuchar say now? >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... >> senator amy klobuchar, welcome to "firing line." >> well, thank you, margaret. it's wonderful to be on. thank you. >> the issue of trust-busting was much discussed on the original version of "firing line" with william f. buckley jr. and your new book, "antitrust: taking on monopoly power from the gilded age to the digital age," offers the perfect opportunity to look at this topic anew in 2021. today there are fewer than 5,000 public companies, down from 8,500 in 1997. a lot of that is because of mergers and acquisitions. senator, what does this tell us? >> well, i think what it tells us is that we are a country that has always believed in entrepreneurship and revital

speaker pelosi, chairwoman amy klobuchar, ranking member roy blunt, and all of the members of congress including the mayor of washington, d.c. thank you for being here with us this afternoon. like so many gathered here, i was at the united states capitol the morning of wednesday, january 6th. i was in a classified meeting with senator blunt on national security with fellow members of the senate intelligence committee. not long after i left the chaos began. like americans everywhere my husband, doug, and i watched with absolute shock as our capitol was under siege and the people within it afraid for their lives. what we know now is in the midst of that violent attack there were countless acts of courage, and we are here today in the

joining us now, senator amy klobuchar, the chair of the senate rules committee. passage of the john lewis voting rights act with zero republicans votes. that suggests probably a very similar number of republican votes in the senate. what are you going to do about the 60-vote threshold in the senate? >> we have positive, positive work being done over the last few weeks. i have been in minnesota, but i've talked to senator manchin a number of times, as have the rest of the group that you just showed up on the screen. some of this is public. from what we heard today in wisconsin, except for the governor, they would have really, really messed up a lot of their laws. two interesting facts, they would have only had one dropoff box for the entire city of milwaukee, if that bill had not been vetoed. and students with four-year degrees couldn't have been able to use those, but two-year ones could. it shows you why we need federal standards. you don't have that in every zip code, in every state in the country. as for the john lewis bill, that is a very important piece of t

reporter: on voting rights, senator klobuchar says that they're nearing a voting rights deal. is there anything that you can tell us in the deal, how this slimmed-down deal is looking? and, also the president has also talked about, there are republicans that he's been talking to out there. can you name any of the republicans? sec. psaki: that would not be constructive to our end goal. i understand your interest. we are certainly grateful for the letter klobuchar's work, the ongoing work by a range of leaders to figure out if there's a path forward here. we'll let them speak to the details when they are ready, and once they do, i am sure will have more to say. reporter: the new york times reported a couple of weeks ago that the administration's legal team advisors may maybe leaning towards returning the 4,000 on home confinement back to prison. is there anything that we have coming from the administration on this, and does the administration really believe it is easier to return those 4,000 people to federal prison than reviewing clemency petitions for them? sec. psaki: i would

a meeting of nine senators, myself and four of the more progressive senators, warnock, merkley, klobuchar, and for the, and four of the more moderate senators, mansion, cane, tester, and king. and we are making great progress to come together with a very strong voting rights bill that every democrat can support. so we are going to come up with that legislation, we are going to rally around it, and this morning, i followed on a vehicle to allow the senate to take up that voting rights bill when we return. voting rights will be the very first matter of legislative business when the senate returns to session in september. ready for your questions. mr. pink shirt. >> senator mcconnell says this to me yesterday, they have the house and senate and presidency this year. [indiscernible] your reaction to that and this morning's vote on the budget [indiscernible] >> let me just say this, i cannot believe the republicans would let the country default, and it has always been bipartisan to deal with the debt ceiling. when trump was president, i believe the democrats joined with him to raise it three t

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speaker pelosi, who led the effort in the house, senator klobuchar and blunt, cosponsors, and to all my colleagues that are here, thank you. thank you. today i'm going to sign into law the bill you sent to me the awards of a congressional gold medal to the united states capitol police the washington dc metropolitan police department, and other law enforcement for their service in defense of our democracy on >> in these moments when we are still debating, these were tragic hours back in. you stood the breach, you did your duty, your duty to defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and mystic. the events that transpired were surprising, but not your character, your courage. i didn't grow up with any of you, but i know you. you are just like all the men and women i grew up with, in that time it was men. in scranton, places where in the neighborhood i lived in you either became a cop, a firefighter, or a priest. i wasn't qualified for any of them, so here i am. [laughter] all kidding aside, i got to know you. you are the same ones after a ballgame at a vi

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joining our conversation amy klobuchar is here, chair of the rules committee.ng time for us. >> it's an honor to be on with you. >> we cover this issue every day in the afternoon and it's really a privilege to get to talk to you, and i wonder if you can pull the curtain back, the democratic legislators feel optimism, they feel like they conveyed to all of you that they don't need the whole package, they just need something. has that focused efforts in the senate? >> yes. and your first speaker was trey, who i consider a friend from texas, those legislators and really legislators from across the country have come to washington and they did in the 1960s, asking for salvation. they can't get this done in their states because as reverent warnock pointed it out, some people don't want some people to vote and that is really put in stark focus in georgia, where the law's literally say that the period for -- they change the law, just a few months ago and said you can't register people. you can't vote on weekends during the runoff and you can't give water to non partisa

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senator klobuchar, it is remarkable, the details now that we have learned.your colleague, judiciary chairman durban wants to question this former trump justice official, jeffrey clark. what questions do you think he should answer? >> well, you know, i remember jeffrey clark's name in one very big way and that was the reports, at the time, from "the new york times" that trump was actually trying to install him as the attorney general over the acting-attorney general jeffrey rosen for the purposes of him maintaining the lie when it came to the election. so what we want to know about, now, is what his role was when it came to election suppression. when it came to questioning the results -- the final results -- of the election. and there is a lot of information out there about what he could have been doing with georgia. and i just -- just step back from this. this isn't a campaign. this is the justice department. and in america, the president isn't king, the law is king. so, that's the first thing. he has an obligation to the law of the united states, not to don

klobuchar: this is from -- host: this is from alabama, good morning. a landlord.ou are on with our guest, go ahead. caller: i'm not a landlord, i am a resident in alabama. right now, i get 700 $94 a month in disability and they have money sent to alabama with us. all of us out here are getting a check already, it is more than a check. so now alabama residents, we are getting told there is no funds available for us. and we are staying in a motel with it -- month which is $880 a month. if it was not for my fiance, i would be on the streets. what we do from that? guest: thank you for the question. i don't know who is telling you there is not resources for folks in alabama. there are rental sources -- resources for every state in the country. billions of dollars has been allocated. if you have access to wi-fi even on your phone, you can go to the cfpb website and put in wherever you are living right now and that will give you the global ranking. i encourage you to talk to them because that is their job. they put money out to folks that need it, not just rent you need

senator cloa klobuchar has been pushing that bill. we'll see. see if it is a bipartisan bill and we'll know where to go from there. so if they were to proceed to vote, i'm sure they got the votes to pass it. you see what's left on the table so we'll know how to proceed and in subsequent legislation. as i understand it, the bill they are voting on or may vote on is a $65 billion bill, which is $30 billion short of where we think it ought to be. >> thank you so much, congressman. in our report we talk about the unique challenges facing black communities in the black rural south, when you think about your constituents what do you think about the lack of broadband services in south carolina? mr. clyburn: as you can imagine covid-19 revealed some significant let's just say disrepair that exists. i often talk about the notion "democracy in america." he said it is not great but rather because it is trying to repair its faults. fault lines were opened by covid-19 and that place in the lack of broadband. because of the lack of connectivity under 38% of b

klobuchar. will sign the law the bill you sent that awards the congressional gold medal to the united states capitol police, the washington, d.c. metropolitan police department and other law enforcement who supported our democracy on january 6th. to all of them thank you for protecting our capitol. maybe more importantly for protecting our constitution and saving the lives of duly elected members of the senate and the house and their staffs. these moments when we are still debating. these were tragic hours back then. you stood in the breach and did your duty to defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic. the events were surprising but not your courage of all of the men and women. i didn't grow up with any of you, but i know you. you are like all of the women and men i grew up in scranton and claymont, in the neighborhood i lived in you became a cop, a firefighter or a priest. i wasn't qualified for any of them so here i am. >> [laughing]. >> all kidding

and this is why senator blumenthal and also senator klobuchar, why we've worked together to say how doe solve this so we open these avenues of opportunity for more developers who are looking for a way to the marketplace. >> so on that note, senator blumenthal, pick it back up here and say what would your world look like if this bill garnished support, if it goes into practice how would it change the experience for users in the apple phone and apple store? >> developers would have equal access without these exploited fees and without the intimidation and stranglehold that apple and google impose. and senator blackburn is right it actually was very dra dramatically demonstrated not only by the epic trial in suing apple but by the hearing that senator klobuchar had in the judiciary committee where we all serve. these kinds of barriers to competition really prevent the lifeblood of our economy, which is innovation from going forward with new apps and new designs, innovations, lower costs to consumers. so, this world would be a lot more hospitable to innovation and invention. >> a lot more

. >> now senator amy klobuchar is focused on america's modern-day monopolies and mega-mergers. >> you'recompanies, biggest companies in the world, mr. zuckerberg. do you think that this is fair competition or not? >> as facebook and apple, google and amazon creep further into our lives, what does senator amy klobuchar say now? >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by...

amy klobuchar went and made it possible -- because we had people who were dying, who could not get therensulin -- and she made it so that my grandson could get it for $42 for a month, and also inhalers. inhalers are costing me $153 for three on my plan that i have to have for my asthma, so there are often things that can be done. our legislators, we have to get them involved, because we got amy klobuchar involved to make sure people got there insulin and minnesota -- insulin in minnesota. we can do that. what is happening to our young and old people too working in minimum wage jobs and at small businesses, and when they get a health plan -- because i know working at a small business -- it is not a good plan. when i went to the doctor, i would pay as much as $75 for a dr.'s visit -- and i had a drug that cost $700, where, if i was using this plane instead of the medicare plan, i would be paying $700 a month just to get the drugs that i got for my arthritis. host: during that same senate hearing that we showed you earlier, republican senator mike lee talked about what he called the danger

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i'll now ask speaker pelosi if she's able -- not able, willing and senator klobuchar and senator blunt, chief conte and chief mangar and the other officer here today to join me as i sign this bill into law and god bless you all, and may god protect our troops and all those who serve watch over our democracy. >> you probably want leahy. >> sure, come on. >> that was very powerful. >> this is a silly way to do this. mommy will explain it to you later. >> thank you so much. >> amy is right here behind you. >> roy. >> thank you, mr. president. >> now. you've got to help me out, okay? >> would you give a pen to each of the other people back there and then i'll get pens, all right? can you hand them out now, right? >> thank you very much . >> thing you all so very much. i know you're all incredible. ♪ >> all right. now i think what they are going to do if you're willing is they are going to take families and go that way and maybe go into the oval office that way, okay? >> and get some pictures taken. all right? >> follow the navy. >> follow the navy ♪ >> come on, family members, if you're wi

klobuchar: let's call -- >> we end the week on the "washington journal" by turning phone lines over to you and asking you at the top news story of this past week is. here's how you can get in touch with us, republicans are -- the senate non-session today to allow senators who attend the funeral of their late former colleague, senator mike enzi in wyoming. the senate is set to return at 11:00 a.m. eastern on saturday morning and you can watch all the action gavel-to-gavel live on c-span two. time for your phone calls, asking about your top news story of this past week. we will get right your calls. this is bill in sidney, ohio, a republican, good morning. caller: good morning. my top news story concerns the illegal immigrants come across the border and dispersing them, knowing they have covid, dispersing them into the other states. i can't understand why that is not being covered. thank you, and i will hang up. host: here's george in illinois, also a republican. what is your top new story of the week? caller: i guess i have the same story about people over the border. i don't think any

were the first and second female justices, respectively, in a statement klobuchar put the effort intost recognizable symbol of democracy. a place where people from across our country have their voices represented and heard. it is only fitting that we honor the remarkable lives and service to our country, by establishing statues in the capitol. alaska senator, lisa murkowski, adds their leadership has made a difference for women and families, for generations to come. and how right she is, justice ginsburg argued a series of historic cases before the supreme court before she ever even served as a justice. establishing the equal-citizenship rights of men and women. and before rbg, there was justice sandra day o'connor, the first woman ever seated. an appointment that showed women, too, could reach the pinnacle of america's legal system. normalizing what we would see, in the 1990s, when president clinton nominated a feminist icon to join o'connor on the bench. legislation to memorialize these american giants is not just in the senate. members of the democratic women's caucus and the bipar

in a few moments my colleagues, senators klobuchar and blunt, will ask the senate to award them

. >> beginning at 3:00 eastern, amy klobuchar joins the clinton foundation in a virtual discussion on promoting vaccinations and preventing misinformation. watch live on c-span. . the document that came out yesterday served as an overview of what to back from the spending plan. to give you an overall look on the bigger spending initiatives within the plan, it did include establishment of universal pre-k for three and four-year-olds and extend the childcare tax care credit and income tax credit and create federal aid family and medical leave benefits. it would make community college free for two years. they want to reduce prescription drug costs and rui

i'm feeling good, said klobuchar, the chairwoman and a top negotiator on the voting legislation.f note, i thought this was interesting, baldwin says she sees signs manchin could agree to filibuster changes which feels like the thing we've been talking about, but remember how tough they fought. the bill seems to be poised to pass anyway. do you share the optimism about this federal legislation? >> i'm going to grab on to that optimism as well. we knew that the line in the sand was hr-1, that manchin and other republicans, that was a nonstarter. there's always been this discussion about the john lewis voting rights act, the middle ground we can come together on. manchin has come forward. he laid out a framework. there's not the opposition from him. how can you get ten republican friends over to support the john lewis voting rights act? i'm going to -- i'm going to be optimistic here. i think if this discussion is bubbling up and you have that support from the moderate democrats, then it is not a lost cause. it is going to be an uphill battle. i think it is one we need to hold on to

cover, i stood up at the back of the gallery on the second level, the mezzanine, representative klobuchar from arizona was objecting to the slate of electors and at that moment, i shouted out at the top of my lungs, this is because of you. i screamed it. and i think he was representing four years. angst and anxiety and anger. many of us all this coming from a mile away in the country did. probably millions of americans felt the same way. at that very moment, i recognize the fragility of our democracy. i had appreciation for the traditions emma congress and the corm duster corn. i do not like to violated but i do not regret it. it is what i was feeling of four years of pent-up anxiety about what was transpiring in front of our eyes. you will hear from jamie raskin of maryland and brian fitzpatrick of pennsylvania. generates six, use from the house. sunday night at 10:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. ♪ sunday night, on cue in day, journalist elizabeth becker, author of you don't belong here, tells of female vietnam war correspondents when it was a male do

had a meeting of nine senators, myself and four of the more progressive senators warnock, merkley, klobucharour of the more moderate senators, manchin, kaine, tester and king. and we're making great progress to come together with a very strong voting rights bill that every democrat can support. so we are going to come up with that legislation. we are going to rally around it, and this morning i filed closure on a vehicle to allow the senate to take up that compromise voting rights bill when we return. voting rights will be the very first matter of legislative business when the senate returns to session in september. ready for your questions. mr. pink shirt. >> senator mcconnell said this to me yesterday. they have the house, the senate and the presidency. it's their obligation to go over the governing -- [ inaudible ] your reaction to that and can you rule out once and for all reconciliation? >> look, let me just say this, i cannot believe the republicans would let the country default, and it has always been bipartisan to deal with the debt ceiling. when trump was president, i believe the de

that was almost a nine-month long process of negotiations with amy klobuchar. and orin hatch was the lead committee chairman. host: what does that experience tell you and show you how far washington has to go to be truly feminist with the ability to represent? because as you point out others raise children. >> one thing i learned you can find allies in unexpected places. once a senators knew i was having these conversations and negotiating. orin hatch really didn't want to change the rules. what will the babies dress code going to be? as a mom are you seriously asking me if the baby would adhere to a senate dress code? must have a blazer and shoes. she wears a beanie. i will not take that off. she would be in for the pajamas. i could put shoes on that. i will put a blazer on her. i did that day. but i had members, republican members, marco rubio i hardly ever agree said tammy, i am with you. i will stick up for you. i wish i could've brought my young kids to the floor. we need to do this. we need to change the rules. and roy blunt said tammy i will be the next

stretching the limits of the senate rules, maybe trying to get voting rights in there, what senator klobucharw much are you going to try to stuff in there? >> i can tell you this is a once in a political lifetime opportunity when it comes to issues like immigration. it's been 36 years since we've had immigration reform. it's long overdue. everyone knows the system is broken. we can see it at our borders and know it internally. there is precedent. we have included the republicans have included immigration measures in 2005 in the same budget resolution. so i think it's not an unreasonable request and it's long overdue. >> senator dick durbin, judiciary chair, senate majority whip, you have a lot of titles, grandfather, that's another one. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thanks. >> a sit-in on the steps of the capitol gets the president's attention and throws millions of struggling americans a potential lifeline. how did congresswoman cori bush get the white house to act? she joins me next. 're power-pac. that help unleash your energy. loaded with b vitamins... ...and other key essential nu

senator klobuchar and senator warren. i have interviewed them both.that election infrastructure could be viewed as infrastructure. should we expect there to be the white house weighing in. getting some of these provisions into the next bill. should we expect to see election infrastructure so at least that your folks can vote? >> i don't know the finer points or what will get in. but i know this, whatever the vehicle is, the president has called on congress and america to pass real voter protections, whether the john lewis act, the for the people act, all of the things that need to happen in order to make sure that we protect the foundation. i admire the democratic infrastructure, but whatever you want to call it. it is part of what makes america, america and we have to pursue that as well. >> secretary pete, appreciate talking with you. get on the phone with krysten sinema. i don't know if she agrees with you about all of that. she hasn't convinced many people she does. hopefully they will be convinced. secretary pete congratulations on the big bill.