klobuchar: thank you. i want to start by asking do you believe that the department would be great -- be better able to defend against the type of threat we saw a year ago today than the apartment was back then? chief manger: absolutely. sen. klobuchar: we had a number of recommendations and i will not go through the mall and i know that having reviewed your testimony and our staff has spent significant time working with your leadership, and that you are making progress to implement the recommendations that are pertaining to the police department, is that right? chief manger: that is correct. sen. klobuchar: we had the inspector general in about a month or so ago and he issued 100 recommendations which we truly appreciated, and he talked about the progress that he knew of that you had made at the time and we have of course, after that hearing as is our job encouraged you to work with him and to report back on the progress. can you tell me where you are in responding to this and the progress you have made on

lee: thank you chair klobuchar. i am a huge advocate of the consumer welfare standard, and i have also made clear that in no universe should application of that standard be limited to a focus on price and output. those are factors to be considered, they are not the exclusive list of things to be considered when applying the consumer welfare standard. innovation effects are a perfect example of how antitrust enforcers and also courts can and should apply a more comprehensive understanding of consumer welfare. when competition suffers, so does innovation and when innovation suffers, that harms consumers. in fact one might say that competition is itself the mother of innovation. competition really cannot occur, especially in our society and economy today without a lot of innovation. monopolists and other large on threatens incumbent -- unthreate ned incumbents feel no need to improve their products or develop new ones. as long as that expectation holds firm they will not feel it. they are even less motivated to develop

klobuchar: mr. broughton. >> chairwoman klobuchar, ranking number blunt, members of the committee, it is not her to represent the national library service for the blind and print disabled -- it is an honor to represent the national library service for the blind and print disabled. i look forward to working with you as i begin my tenure. as only the third nls director in the last 48 years, i am honored and humbled to be part of this incredible team, drawing from my experiences, most recently as a librarian for the state of vermont, i am enthusiastic about contribute into nls' unique mandate and mission. also i work and share information and knowledge to make it assessable to citizens of all walks of life. my background has prepared me well to serve you and the library as nls director, positioning me to understand what americans and state entities need and should expect from nls. nls and its network of libraries expand the nation, having served the american people now for 19 years. all along we have b

so, senator klobuchar, take us through that history. ms. klobuchar: thank you, senator wyden. i want to thank you. we know oregon was the first used by mail for a federal election. although i think senator padilla, great members of the rules committee, from california, would tell you that in fact california and washington first allowed any voter to request a mail-in ballot in the 1970's. since then what has happened, utah -- utah considered a red state by all accounts, has mail-in balloting in for nearly all of their voters. we have seen this across the country. today 34 states allow any voter to request a mail-in ballot. and during the pandemic, 45 states actually allowed this to happen without an excuse. so what happened during the pandemic is that we saw 11 states that didn't typically allow all voters to request a mail-in ballot do so. sadly, ten of them have already started rolling this back for the next election. we know that this is a really safe and good way to vote, whether there is a pandemic or there isn't a pandemic. and the key is voters got used to it, they liked

we're back with senator amy klobuchar.biden, but have subsequently tried to gas light america about what happened that night and who are clearly fascist curious if not fascist themselves? those people who will never live down their shame but don't care because they have none. what's it like to sit and work next to them? >> not pleasant. but every day -- >> stephen: that's a very harsh thing coming from a minnesotan. >> every day you have to go and do your job. and, you know, this is a democracy. they got elected. i will work to make sure they're not reelected, but it is on me to make the case to the american people, democrats and republicans, that our democracy must prevail. and right now, the issue of our day-- i mean, i would personally get rid of the filibuster, oob. i think we've got to -- >> stephen: let's talk about that. >> i think we've got to lay-- but short of that, there are so many other things we can do. we are restore the senate to the place it's supposed to be, where you're supposed to actually debate issues

we will not give up. >> thank you senator klobuchar. now our historian and expert on delving into these rules, and very effectively, jeff merkley. sen. merkley: thank you to my colleagues standing here, saying our o through the constitution really means something. that is founded on the foundation of every person's right to vote. in each generation, we have to nurture, restore that foundation, and that is what our task is now. my colleague who has led the rules committee quoted henry cabot lodge. he was in the house, from massachusetts, a republican. he proceeded to say what we are seeing happen after the civil war in which sensors are being erected to prevent targeted groups from voting, from creating fences to keep black americans from voting, is absolutely wrong -- the house had a debate. that debate said, we're going to make sure the elections are fair. everyone of us from any given state has a stake in the fairness of all of the other states, because that is the only way there is equal representation in the house and senate. and so

. >> senator amy klobuchar, chair of the rules committee and the senate, freedom to vote, senator thank you for joining us tonight. as you said, a lot of drama right here now. we look to thunder stand, thank you for being here. >> okay, thank you rachel. we'll be right back, stay with us. l be right back,est. panera. live your yes. now $1 delivery. us

with that, senator klobuchar? >> thank you very much. i am proud to be here with these members who have fought so valiantly for voting rights. this week, many of you were there. i go back to that day, the officers with scratched faces. people standing between us and death. the members in that room, then at the very end when senator blunt and myself and vice president pence walked down the long walk with strewn glass on all sides, spray-painted columns, with the two young women with the mahogany box filled with the last ballots in wyoming. i vowed at that moment that this can never happen again. so much of our country and the foundation of our country and the reputation of our nation around the world is about this peaceful transition of democracy. that we are a democracy we should be proud of. in the words of i believe it was president biden who quoted bob dole he once said when looking at civil rights legislation, no first-class democracy can treat people like second-class citizens. that's what this is about. you know that what happened

the chair of the senate rules committee, amy klobuchar, willie blunt and the u.s. capitol police chief spoke to reporters. >> we have been keeping close contact on this topic. this is our fifth hearing. we had a series of recommendations we made in what i thought was a very important report on june 21. we expect to hear that the biggest challenge in this i think the interim effort to look at contractors to do the job will give the officers the short-term relief they need. we have overworked our officers in a tremendous way in the past couple of years. i think the chief has a plan to do that and his commitment to bringing people into do some of these jobs on a contract basis but not a permanent solution was the most reasonable thing we could be looking at right now. also, the chief determination that after six months of looking at the situation and looking at the hands he has been dealt to decide how we want to move forward at his commitment to work with his oversight committee to make sure that any restructuring in the department is one that will be fully involved

we will not give up. >> thank you, senator klobuchar. and now our historicalion and our expert on delving into the arcanety of the rules is jeff merkley. >> thank you very much, chuck and to my colleagues standing here saying that our oath to the constitution really means, and that constitution is founded on the foundation of every's right to vote. in each generation we have to nurture, restore that foundation and that is what our task is now. my colleagues, who has led the rules committee so ably just quoted henry cabot lodge, he was in the house from massachusetts, a republican and he proceeded to say what we're seeing happen after the civil war, in which fences are being erected to prevent targeted groups from voting, from creating fences to keep black americans from voting, is absolutely wrong, ab the house had-- i spoke too long on the floor today. the house had a debate and that debate upon the lodge bill said you know what? the federal government is going to make sure the elections are fair across this land. every one of us from a

joining us now live is the senior senator from the great state of minnesota, senator amy klobuchar. senator, i know you're in the think of it.of thanks for giving us a moment, giving us your perspective. >> thank you, rachel. >> tell us what happened tonight? >> first of all, thank you for playing that clip of maggie hassan. i love maggie hassan. she stood up and made the case like no one else could. first we made a vote to get on the mbill, and both manchin an sinema whobo are co-sponsors of the bill that we worked with them all summer on t freedom to vote act they've been leading, they did vote for that, because they do support the bill. i think it's important for people to know. now there's going to be the second vote, and that is where the argument really pivots because to me if you're serious about voting rights and you so well pointed out, rachel, how many times there's been exceptions, and i note 160 times we've changed the process. i could even add to that compensation for victims of space accidents that we changed the numbers for. >> wow. >>e you can go through history and

klobuchar: thank you, mr. president. thank you, senator schumer, for your leadership and your work and your words today. , as i stand here, i look at the faces of the staff, i remember the moment when we were pushed out of this chamber for security reasons. i remember the word of one staff member, leigh, who yelled out take the boxes. take the boxes. she was talking about the mahogany boxes that were filled with the electoral ballots, because we knew they would be destroyed if they were left behind. i remember my own staff, one of them is here today, hearing their stories of being in a closet, hiding in a closet with only forks that happened to be next door, to protect themselves, right next to the doors where the insurrectionists had invaded. i remember the staff throughout this building that were marooned in places and the faces of the police officers, the cuts on their faces, the anguish and the words of officer dunn, who said at the end of the day that he had been called the "n" word multiple times, and that they loo

joining us live, the senior senator from minnesota, andy klobuchar. senator, i know you're in the thick of things, thanks for joining us. thanks for taking a moment to show perspective. tell us about how this happened today, and internet tonight. >> first of all, i love that you played that clip of maggie hassan. i love maggie. i just want to say that. she's so strong. she made the case that nobody ever could. secondly, what's happened tonight, is we had a first vote and it just occurred to get on the bill. both senator manchin and sinema, who are co-sponsors of the bill that we -- work with them all summer, on the freedom to vote act, that i've been leading. and they did vote for that, because they do support the bill. i think that's important for people to know. now, it's going to be the second vote. that is where the argument really pivots. to me, if you're serious about voting rights, and you saw well pointed out rachel, how many times has been exceptions. 160 times we've changed a process. -- compensation for victims of space accidents that we ch

center klobuchar said, the violence and damage did not end on that date.it also might remind us it did not start on that day either. the insurrection of last january 6 was a long time in coming. now, i approach my reflections on generate six with a different perspective. first, i was not here on that day. i was in transition. it was the morning after the election of senators warnock and also often georgia. two weeks after the appointment had been announced by governor newsom in california two weeks before were sworn in, or was i that day? i was at home. i was in transition closing out business of the secretary of states office in california interviewing potential staff on zoom and 2020, when my wife interrupted me. which she never does. she said alex there's something happening in washington. you need to finish the zoom, come watch tv and see what's going on. and so from the outside looking in, i wouldn't call it an advantage but the unique perspective of seeing the split screen for the efforts to certify the election results happening inside the chambers.

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i've never changed my mind on the filibuster. >> joining us now is amy klobuchar of minnesota.hair of the senate rules committee. senator, thank you for joining us tonight. what happened in the discussion where senator sinema was on the phone and manchin was there? was it focused on the two of them? >> we're focused on voting rights and i never disclosed what happens at these meetings. i think it's important to have open discussions but i'll tell you what i have told them, what i have told my republican colleagues and that is that voting is fundamental. we're talking about reforming the rules of the senate and taking a secret process where literally people just stop the vote, they make it so you can't actually get to a conclusion of an issue and they go home or raise money or whatever. that as i said is not how this place is supposed to work. so we're taking what is essentially a secret behind closed doors to process and making it public with the standing filibuster, something i'll note senator manchin was interested and and we had discussions about all summer. the idea is you

. >> senator klobuchar? >> thank you very much, senator, for your long time leadership on this issue, and all of you for your work. i want to focus on bipartisan legislation that senator grassley and durbin and others introduced with me. and that would prevent dominant digital platforms from engaging in behavior that unfairly harms competition. like, relevant here, knocking off products sold on their platform. our recent reports in places like the "wall street journal" have documented how amazon has created knockoff products based on the data they get from innocent companies that are selling on their platform. and it is it is the pig platform in town. and then engages in self references of their own brands above others. do you support legislation in making it illegal to use special access to online seller data to create copy cat versions of popular products? >> senator, this is an issue that i have members on both sides. so i am actually -- i have traditionally not taken a stance on the competition issues. a

joining us now to talk about that first is minnesota democratic senator amy klobuchar.gs on big tech. also the author of the paperback version out "and the issue antitrust is now available. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, bret. >> bret: this is a big deal. it is moving forward. it is with a bill that you did with senator grassley. what is the prospects here even though the white house has not weighed in? >> well, we have an incredibly strong group of authors, people that come from all different ideologies from senator mark warner and dick durbin to lindsey graham and josh hawley and steve daines, cynthia, mazie hirono, dick blumenthal. we assembled this group on a lot of stuff. the thing we have in common is we believe you need to have fair competition. right now you have these major platforms. google has 90% of the search engine market. and we don't success we want them to be successful. what happens with monopolies is they start hurting small guys. they start making it hard and promoting their own product. we heard from companies like spotify and match.com about

we will be joined shortly by minnesota senator amy klobuchar. with us now, cnn political analyst, thinkia malika henderson. and also, fareed zakaria, host of fareed zakaria gps here on cnn. dana, what are you hearing from your source about how the president did how they think the president did and how democrats are -- are feeling tonight? >> well, people i checked in with just when it comes to the political calendar are some house democrats. those who are in the most competitive seats and the word i had back was a couple things. number one, they were happy that he was open to the notion of breaking up his massive spending bill that is stuck in the senate. and doing so piecemeal which he revealed today in his press conference because it shows a willingness to -- to change in order to get things done. and just on the performance part of it, um, the fact that he spoke for almost two hours -- i was getting texts during the press conference from some political operatives saying make it stop. but from the -- another political perspective it was -- the

here was senator klobuchar of minnesota, speaking, in part, in response. >> there are 160 exceptions. 160 exceptions to the filibuster rule. things have been changed to benefit my colleagues from the other side of the aisle. somehow it only takes 51 votes to put in place the trump tax cut or the bush tax cuts. somehow, it only took 51 votes to put amy coney barrett on the supreme court of the united states. a change by them. made by them. somehow it only takes 51 votes to try to over turn a regulation. or try to mess around with the affordable care act. but then when it comes to something like voting rights, suddenly everyone on the other side of the aisle is hugging that filibuster tight. knowing that so many times in history, including most recently with the debt ceiling, changes have been made to allow a vote with less than 60 votes. the national gas policy act in 1977, in 1995 the endangered species act, 1996, a change to the reconciliation process. 160 times. i think by voting this down, by not allowing us to even debate this to get to the conclusion of a vote, that is silencing

klobuchar: mr. president, i come to the floor today to speak in support of legislation that is critical to our democracy, the freedom to vote act, which i introduced this year with many senators who worked together through the summer to come up with a bill that would make a difference for our country, with input from secretaries of state across our country, election experts, in order to give the people of this country the right to vote, to protect the right to vote, and to make sure that they understood that they can vote anywhere, from any zip code in a safe way. because right now, sadly, mr. president, that is simply not the case in many states in our country. if you're in south carolina right now and you want to get a mail-in ballot, and you have covid or you're in the hospital, you have to get a notary public to sign off on your application to get that ballot. or if you're in georgia and you don't register, you're a new resident there, you moved there from another state, and you're in a big elec

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joining us a member of the senate judiciary committee senator amy klobuchar.r joining us tonight. >> it has been a great show. and wonderful to be on and watch simone and nina, i don't have the cool background of nina but i'm ready with the questions. >> i'm committed to this idea that we need to have a national bat signal, nina totenberg put up her garden backdrop, something pick has happened but i am also practically aware that she doesn't know how to take it awaiver, so i'm worried -- aware, so i'm worried she doesn't know how to take it down. >> let's get to the matter at hand. >> let's talk about how this process is going to go. we know how these things go by the book but we know how perverted the process has been in recent years by the stuff that mitch mcconnell has been willing to do, both with open seats and to fill seats. are you worried about there being shenanigans or dirty tricks that you haven't previously had to deal with in terms of filling this? >> we're used to it. they throw everything at these nominees and we must be ready to defend them and

joining us now is member of the senate judiciary committee senator amy klobuchar. thank you for joining us, i know it's a busy time. >> thanks rachel, it's been a wonderful show. it's wonderful to be on and watch simone and nina. i don't have the cool background of nina totenberg. but i'm ready for your questions. >> i'm committed to your idea that we need a national bat signal. nina totenberg has put up her garden backdrop, something big has happened. but i'm also practically aware that she doesn't know how to take it down. so i'm worried she will be constantly giving -- [laughs] >> rachel, it's nighttime, she still headed up. but let's get to the matter at hand. >> let's talk about how this process is going to go. we know how these things go by the book. but i also know how perverted the process has been in recent years by stuff that mitch mcconnell has been willing to do. both with open seats and to fill seats. are you worried about there being shenanigans or dirty tricks that you haven't previously had to deal with in terms of filling seats? >> well, we are use

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joining us now is democratic senator, amy klobuchar.the senate rules committee. and she was in the room, today, with joe manchin among others discussing the subject. senator, just word for word, what did joe manchin have to say? >> now lawrence. >> i had to try -- >> i cannot report to you would have been in that room but i will make to your viewers the case that i made to senator manchin and that i made to senator sinema as well. i will note that tim kaine drove 27-hour streak on bad freeway in virginia to get to that meeting. he went directly from his car to that meeting. and there are a lot of people who want to get this done. what i said to them is this. we have a situation where we saw what happened on january six but it didn't and there. since then, we have seen it coordinate an assault on our democracy. or whether it is taking away weaken voting, taking away registrations during the last month, whether it is one drop off box for milwaukee, that bill passed the legislator. and it's only because of the governors that it was ever ve

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is senator klobuchar available? she may -- >> can you hear me madam chair. >> yes, senator klobuchar. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you. i am going to former senator -- wife's funeral. i apologize being on the phone here on the bus. but i wanted to be part this important hearing. and i thank you for your leadership, senator cantwell and so many others. mr. sol tanney in your testimony and opening you highlight how the ftc's division of privacy and identity protection has only 40 attorneys as compared to other countries's data protection agencies such as germy with one quart of the u.s. population with 745 after the staff. can you elaborate on how a bureau would help build upon the agency's work to protect consumer privacy? and i would also add to that, senator grassy and i of course both have a bill would help the ftc and d.o.j. anti-trust when it comes to anti-trust enforcement. that's passed the senate. and there is also -- to deaf up the resources on that side of the work, which i think does lead into privacy

i have never changed my mind on the filibuster. >> joining us now, democratic senator amy klobuchar ofr thank you very much for joining us tonight. what happened in that discussion today where senator sinema was on the phone and senator manchin was there, was it directly focused on the two of them? >> you know, we are focused on voting rights. and i never disclose what happens at these meetings. i think that it is very important that we are able to have open discussions. but i will tell you what i have told them, would i've told my republican colleagues. and that is, that voting is fundamental. we are actually not talking about getting rid of the filibuster, even though if it was in my home once, i would do that. we are talking about reforming the rules of the senate, and taking was a secret process where literally people just stop the vote, they make it so that you can actually get to a conclusion of an issue. and they go home and raise money, or whatever. that, as i said, is not how this is supposed to work. so we are taking where is a city behind closed doors process, and making it

klobuchar: mail-in ballot has been the way of voting in the state of utah. are you talking or am i?l-in ballot and has been the way of life in many states. one of the things we have learned from the pandemic, is it is incredibly helpful in a pandemic, but it's also made it easier for people to vote. what has gone on in some states is they have rolled back the very things that make it easier to vote, leading to more and more confusion. the other thing that's important to know and the reason i use the example as montana, they are also rolling back things that have long been the law in states. to quote a north carolina court regarding a law a few years ago, are discriminating with surgical precision. by looking at each state and figuring out, how did more people vote this way. let's change that. 70,000 people registered during the runoff period? let's reduce the runoff period, which they have done, and let's not allow same-day registration -- not the same day, registration during that period. that is what they have done. i can give you numerous examples. they have rolled back things li

joining us now is senator amy klobuchar. travel to georgia with vice president harris tonight, aboard air force one. senator it is really good to see, i know it's been a long day, good to see. go ahead. >> just before i get to what is going on in the senate, i did want to say, president biden's speech was wonderful tonight. as was vice president harris's. there was this moment where he talked about how there is a moment in time, he brought up the bomb blowing up in that church. in birmingham. he brought up when john lewis crossed that bridge and when he got hit and when people got killed and people got injured. and he brought up january 6th. this is one of those moments, it began on january 6th, it didn't and there. it's been a conservative effort. you just talked on your show. 400 bills introduced across the country, many of them passed to take peoples rights away to vote. as reverend warner has said repeatedly some, people don't want people to vote. that is what's going on in our very democracy depends on it. this is a mom

do you think it is a matter of trust when reagan and bush went to klobuchar off asking if you'd reunify east and west of germany that nato would not go 1 inch east. you also thinkhi putin is ready to give up his own weather port for the black fleet? thank you. >> he's not willing to give up he is invested heavily in the acquisition and has basically said it's an integral part of the russian federation. and indeed during the recent rising of the russian constitution the constitution now says russia cannot alienate, give up any part of the russian federation. i now it is an integral part of the russian federation. in terms of expanding nato this is a very old debate that has been revived during the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the soviete union. what did the united states promised to go butch off in terms of naval expansion, there are a lot of scholars investing in this issue. but it appears and has been reinforced the united states made no promises about nato expansion toward eastern europe. we did did say we would not expand nato during the time of reunification. but that time ha

joining us now is minnesota democratic senator amy klobuchar, lead sponsor of the freedom to vote actithout the support of senators manchin and sinema, the effort to change the filibuster, make an exception for voting rights can't go forward. so what is the plan? >> we're continuing to speak to these two senators and let me make the case to your viewers that i have made to them, and that is it didn't end on january 6th, and the bay onets, and the bear spray were simply replaced by bills that basically legislation passed in georgia that says in the last month of voting in the runoff period, no voting on weekends. that passed, anderson. legislation that says in wisconsin only one drop off ballot box for the entire city of milwaukee. vetoed by governor evers fortunately, but we are seeing this across the country. things that were in place in montana for 15 years taken away. it is an assault on our democracy. and it is part of a plan and it is our job as senators to put aside everything else right now, in my mind, and protect our democracy. that's what we are supposed to do is to defend t

i am standing here with senator amy klobuchar who is the top democrat on the senate rules committee.ng masks out of an abundance of caution because we're in an open space. we want to give you a little picture into what senator klobuchar and others went through that night. just to give you an idea where we are, this is the ohio clock. the senate chamber is over there. and this you're telling me -- >> exactly. >> this is where officer goodman led the mob. >> exactly. with one single baton, bravely to take them away from an area they were going to, where there was no back-up security. and i think it is important for people to know this is the beautiful senate hallway. the chamber is right there where the angry mob entered that in the middle of the insurrection. right now, it looks all cleaned up. but that day it was mayhem. in fact, officer goodman led them away and then later in the night, when everything had been cleaned up, when all the reinforcements came in, this was the hallway where senator blunt and vice president pence and i walked with the young women holding the mahogany boxe