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Amy Klobuchar

Amy Klobuchar

Amy Klobuchar is a senator from Minnesota. Klobuchar was elected as senator in 2006 and re-elected in 2012 and 2018. Klobuchar received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. In 2019, she announced she was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out March 2, 2020.

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Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 in a CNN interview
"There has been an increase in hate crimes."
By Yanqi Xu • October 31, 2025
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on September 28, 2025 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
People with insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see a “75% increase in premiums starting Nov. 1” if enhanced subsidies are not extended, including “twice as much in the rural areas.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2025
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on October 30, 2022 an interview on Meet the Press
“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.
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By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2022
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 5, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2021
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 16, 2020 a tweet
“80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail
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By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 25, 2020 a debate
“While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”
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By Haley BeMiller • March 2, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 20, 2020 an MSNBC interview
“The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.”
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By Bill McCarthy • February 20, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 20, 2019 the sixth Democratic presidential debate
Says Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana and "lost by 20 points."
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By Aaron Sharockman • December 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on November 20, 2019 comments at Democratic debate
"Over 70% of the people support Roe v. Wade. Over 90% of the people support funding for Planned Parenthood and making sure women can get the health care they need." 
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • November 21, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on August 12, 2019 an interview
The "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you do it against your girlfriend, you can."  
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August 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 15, 2019 comments made at an AARP-sponsored Democratic presidential primary candidate forum
"There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress."
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • July 26, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on June 7, 2019 a tweet
"Millions of Americans need mental health care. Yet in Iowa, there are just 64 public mental health care beds. And you see similar numbers across the country."
Mostly True
By Sophie Austin • June 13, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 8, 2019 a Fox News town hall
"We’ve had a 30% increase in suicides in this country in just 15 years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event for Democratic presidential candidates
"Big pharmaceuticals pay off — they literally pay off — generics to keep the prices and the competition off the market."
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By Emmarie Huetteman • April 25, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 18, 2019 a town hall
Prescription drugs "are nearly 20 percent of our health care costs now when you include hospital prescription drugs."
Mostly True
February 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 18, 2019 a CNN town hall
"Comprehensive immigration reform, the bill we had back in 2013 ... brought the debt down $158 billion."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 3, 2018 a tweet
"After a decade of progress, the rate of uninsured children is now rising."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2018
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 9, 2018 a tweet
Says Judge Brett Kavanaugh "ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was unconstitutional (reversed by full Circuit Court)."  
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • July 25, 2018
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
"Human trafficking is the third-biggest criminal enterprise in the world."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2016
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