WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Klobuchar along with Leader Schumer (D-NY), Leader McConnell (R-KY), and Senators Bennet (D-CO), Blumenthal (D-CT), Boozman (R-AR), Cardin (D-MD), Cornyn (R-TX), Durbin (D-IL), Graham (R-SC), Hoeven (R-ND), Kelly (D-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK), Reed (D-RI), Risch (R-ID), Schatz (D-HI), Shaheen(D-NH), Sullivan (R-AK), and Wicker (R-MS) hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Capitol.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) introduced the Long Covid Research Moonshot Act which would provide the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with $1 billion in mandatory funding per year for a decade to support studies, the pursuit of treatments, and the expansion of care for U.S. patients impacted by the condition. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced a $1,522,000 grant from the National Park Service (NPS) Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program to update Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Park in Rochester. This funding will restore the park with new and improved amenities. It will specifically be used to resurface the basketball courts, install accessible playground equ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and U.S. Representatives Robert Aderholt (R-AL) and Adam Smith (D-WA), co-chairs of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of State's Office of Children's Issues Director Vlad Lipschutz expressing disappointment with the People's Republic of China's decision to halt its intercountry adoption program. The lawma  more