If Hillary Clinton can be president, then one girl can be mayor. Amy Klobuchar More Quotes by Amy Klobuchar More Quotes From Amy Klobuchar I believe, if he is seriously considering retirement -- and he has said he would do it based on not only his own health, but also the future of the court -- if this decision doesn't cry out for that, I don't -- I don't know what does. Amy Klobuchar Social media has greatly contributed to this misinformation. There's no doubt, when we have a public health crisis and people are dying every day, enough is enough. These are the richest companies in the world. ... There's absolutely no reason they shouldn't be able to monitor this better and take this crap off of their platforms that are basically telling people,' Oh, hey, there's problems,' when we know science proves there isn't. Amy Klobuchar This fight has just begun, that's why, as chairwoman of Senate Rules Committee, I am announcing a series of hearings on the urgent need to pass critical voting, campaign finance, and ethics reforms, including a field hearing in Georgia to hear testimony on the recently enacted legislation to restrict voting in the state. Amy Klobuchar That's a different thing than with the( outside) commission would be, which is just longer-term systemic issues that led to this and also longer-term systemic changes. Amy Klobuchar The point is that we listened to the people on both sides of the aisle and made changes based on those discussions, now I urge my Republican colleagues to recognize the work we've done and join us. Amy Klobuchar At a time when the right to vote is under attack and special interests and dark money are drowning out the voices of the American people, we need to take action. Amy Klobuchar Walter Mondale taught me that leadership isn’t all about giving soaring speeches and punchy sound bites – but actually getting things done for people, he always saw his responsibility as an elected leader as bigger than the immediate challenge at any given moment. His broader mission was helping to prepare a new generation of leaders for the next big decision that needed to be made. Amy Klobuchar Efforts have been made to suppress the vote. Efforts have been made to introduce bills that would suppress the vote, a dozen states including Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania, have introduced legislation to limit access to vote by mail. Amy Klobuchar These are real threats to our democracy and the For The People Act takes them head on in a common sense way. Amy Klobuchar Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer can not have one seat of rules for a Democratic President and another set of rules for Republicans. Amy Klobuchar We have to have such a momentous session next year, we're going have to do more on the pandemic. All of these things like minimum wage, climate change, that have been sitting around with no action for years and so I've always said during the presidential campaign that we should consider it but it should be leverage. Amy Klobuchar I truly believe, as I actually told the vice president last night when I called him, that I think this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket, and there is so many incredibly qualified women. Amy Klobuchar This is a historic moment, and America must seize on this moment. Amy Klobuchar Joe Biden was Joe Biden. Joe Biden's going to make the best decision for Joe Biden, for our country, for the pandemic. Amy Klobuchar We're trying to make the elections safe, that's all we're doing. Amy Klobuchar It is something that so many Americans know right now. They can't go visit their loved ones. They're relying on these incredible health care providers, that they only get to talk to them over the phone. Amy Klobuchar He has coronavirus and has been in the hospital for pneumonia and low oxygen, he took a good turn, was just released and is now recovering at home. Amy Klobuchar I'll be the first to say that the first four contests haven't gone exactly as I'd hoped, my campaign is built for the long haul and we are looking forward to these big contests. Amy Klobuchar It matters if you can actually get things done. Amy Klobuchar I think I would make a better president than Bernie Sanders. And the reason for that is that getting a progressive agenda enacted is going to be really hard, i dug in, I did the work, and then Bernie's team trashed me. Amy Klobuchar