ms. klobuchar: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: madam president, i rise today to join my colleagues in calling for commonsense actions to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, people who should not have the guns, including domestic abusers, and to close loopholes in existing laws that are now being exploited by criminals who are prohibited by law from possessing guns. like your state, madam president, my state is a big hunting state. we are proud of that tradition. so whenever i look at any of these proposals, i think, would this somehow hurt my uncle dick and his deer stand? would it take away the right of legal gun owners? and that's how i look at each proposal. and the proposals we are talking about today, madam president, would not do that. and i wouldn't be supporting them if i thought that they did. we know that no single policy can prevent every tragedy that has been caused by gun violence, but there is one area -- what i call the silent victims, the women and the children who are killed in their homes ev

ms. klobuchar: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: madam president, i rise today to join my colleagues in calling for commonsense actions to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, people who should not have the guns, including domestic abusers, and to close loopholes in existing laws that are now being exploited by criminals who are prohibited by law from possessing guns. like your state, madam president, my state is a big hunting state. we are proud of that tradition. so whenever i look at any of these proposals, i think, would this somehow hurt my uncle dick and his deer stand? would it take away the right of legal gun owners? and that's how i look at each proposal. and the proposals we are talking about today, madam president, would not do that. and i wouldn't be supporting them if i thought that they did. we know that no single policy can prevent every tragedy that has been caused by gun violence, but there is one area -- what i call the silent victims, the women and the children who are killed in their homes ev

ms. klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i rise to speak today in support of reauthorizing the ex-im bank. i know some of my colleagues were there earlier. i wanted to join them but i was at a hearing over in commerce. but i do not to thank senator cantwell and senator kirk for their leadership on this issue. i also want to thank my colleague colleagues, senator heitkamp, shaheen, mikulski, boxer, who were on the floor today and voicing their strong and continued support for the ex-im bank. yesterday the house voted 313-118 to reauthorize the export-import bank. that is a strong bipartisan vote that included a majority of republicans. it included seven of the eight members of the congressional delegation of the state of minnesota, including several republicans. the ex-im bank also has bipartisan support here in the senate, which has voted twice this year to reauthorize the ex-im bank. both times with more than 60 votes. now it is time for the senate to take up this bill and vote to reauthorize the ex-im bank with

senator klobuchar: do you have an exact number where you think this bill is anticipated? ms. yates: we do not. predictionsng to do now. it is hard to get our arms around how do many defendants will be impacted by this. senator klobuchar: thank you. also, it adds a man beard urinated been -- and as a whentory minimum interstate domestic violence results in permanent disfigurement or life threatening bodily injury to the victim. serious bodily injury, or the defender uses the dangerous weapon during defense, i've done a lot of work in the domestic violence area, i've glad that this is an here. could you talk about the importance of this to the bill? ms. yates: we support these provisions. 10 years does not seem like too long to spend in present for someone who has been convicted of domestic violence. that some of the sentences from defendants. we are very happy that the provision of the bill as for this as well. senator klobuchar: thank you. could you talk a little bit about sentencing guidelines. refer,re going to explain why you departed, and why does not do it in the same way

senator klobuchar: do you have an exact number where you think this bill is anticipated? ms. yates: we do not. predictionsng to do now. it is hard to get our arms around how do many defendants will be impacted by this. senator klobuchar: thank you. also, it adds a man beard urinated been -- and as a whentory minimum interstate domestic violence results in permanent disfigurement or life threatening bodily injury to the victim. serious bodily injury, or the defender uses the dangerous weapon during defense, i've done a lot of work in the domestic violence area, i've glad that this is an here. could you talk about the importance of this to the bill? ms. yates: we support these provisions. 10 years does not seem like too long to spend in present for someone who has been convicted of domestic violence. that some of the sentences from defendants. we are very happy that the provision of the bill as for this as well. senator klobuchar: thank you. could you talk a little bit about sentencing guidelines. refer,re going to explain why you departed, and why does not do it in the same way