Honorable Amy Klobuchar
United States Senator, Minnesota, Democrat
Senator Klobuchar was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006. She served as County Attorney for Hennepin County, Minnesota, from 1999 until 2006. She sits on the following committees: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion; Judiciary; and the Joint Economic Committee. The following is from the June 15, 2011, Senate floor debate on amendments to S. 782, the Economic Development Revitalization Act, relating to ethanol subsidies. I rise to speak about the votes we will have later today on the amendments that would immediately cut…
