the hearing will come back to order. senator klobuchar. klobuchar: thank you very much, mr. chairman. hello, judge. i want to start out again by reminding our friends at home, people at home, that this isn t normal, we shouldn t be here right now. we are in the middle of a pandemic and people are sick. we are in the middle of an election and people are voting. and here we are, stuck in a nomination hearing. i know what my constituents care about, what they have been calling and writing me about. and that is they are afraid of losing their health care in the middle of the pandemic. people s lives depend on the affordable care act like steve, a senior from minnesota who has a heart condition and relies on his prescription medication. emily from minneapolis, her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. janet from rochester whose brother has a mental illness. or christie, a mom from bloomington whose daughter had a tumor. that is what is on the line. health care is on the line and
michael for your leadership and incredible work. i am honored to have your support, it means a lot. standing next to michael is my husband, john, right here. if you saw me pause when i was coming up, he said i have to go on a flight, and i said, where you going? he is going to maine and massachusetts. we are excited he will be there. i wanted to recognize our , emma,ble organizers sydney, maria, and gabrielle, thank you for your work. as i was coming in i saw a few coming together with the disability community. there you are. thank you. i also wanted to recognize someone you have not met, sidney vidman who is the sister-in-law of lieutenant colonel vidman. we want to thank her. [applause] i think we all know of any state, virginia gets this, the respect for our military, the respect for our federal employees. [applause] people,a that i saw a fewf party, republicans on my weight in who were proud to identify there they are some are being quiet right now. it was my friend j
. hello, new mexico. it s great to be back. you proved it in 2018 when you new hampshire legislature blue and won big chris and helped us during the united states house of representatives get into the people s house. sen. klobuchar: my state of minnesota and new hampshire have a few things in common, we both love sweaters, we both love our lakes and our forests, we both have voters will have been ahead of their time when it comes to electing not one but two women to the united states senate. [applause] thank you for giving us, my two good friends, jeannie and maggie, and i know that was the strength of jeanne shaheen, corey lewandowski will never sit behind a desk in the united states senate. but the similarities don t stop there, we both have states with interesting and particular geographic names. new hampshire has the longest county in the world, i saw it in littleton and minnesota largest ball of twine. you have the wonderful sea coast visited enter that i last week and w
hello, new hampsire democrats. it s great to be back. you proved it in 2018 when you turned the new hampshire legislature blue and won big with annie and chris and helped us during the united states house of representatives get back into the people s house. my state of minnesota and new hampshire have a few things in common, we both love sweaters, we both love our lakes and our forests, we both have voters will have been ahead of their time when it comes to electing not one but two women to the united states senate. [applause] thank you for giving us my two good friends, jeannie and maggie, and i know that was the strength of jeanne shaheen, corey lewandowski will never sit behind a desk in the united states senate. but the similarities don t stop there, we both have states with interesting and particular geographic names. new hampshire has the longest candy counter in the world, i saw it in littleton and minnesota has the largest ball of twine. you have the wonderful sea c
. hello, new mexico. it s great to be back. you proved it in 2018 when you new hampshire legislature blue and won big chris and helped us during the united states house of representatives get into the people s house. sen. klobuchar: my state of minnesota and new hampshire have a few things in common, we both love sweaters, we both love our lakes and our forests, we both have voters will have been ahead of their time when it comes to electing not one but two women to the united states senate. [applause] thank you for giving us, my two good friends, jeannie and maggie, and i know that was the strength of jeanne shaheen, corey lewandowski will never sit behind a desk in the united states senate. but the similarities don t stop there, we both have states with interesting and particular geographic names. new hampshire has the longest county in the world, i saw it in littleton and minnesota largest ball of twine. you have the wonderful sea coast visited enter that i last week and w