[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               THE ABSENCE OF THE SENATORS FROM MINNESOTA

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I should have mentioned this. I appreciate 
very much my distinguished counterpart mentioning Senator Klobuchar and 
Senator Coleman. I listened to them being interviewed last night on 
television. You could tell from their presentations how much this meant 
to them.
  Amy Klobuchar's house is, I think, a mile from where the bridge 
collapsed. Today, they are where they should be. We have matters in the 
Senate, and we will certainly miss them. For example, Senator Klobuchar 
has been heavily involved in this ethics and lobbying reform measure. 
If there were ever a situation where they should miss votes, this is 
it.

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