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Amy Klobuchar: “Our federal, state, and local governments are spending an…”

Featuring: Amy Klobuchar, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Minnesota

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Senator Klobuchar on the Senate Floor: Alex Pretti and Renee Good Should Still be Alive Today

Published | Video Starts at 12:41

But the money that was passed this summer, $75 billion making this agency bigger than the FBI, that was wrong. I opposed it, as did my Democratic colleagues. The cost continued to mount. Right now, Our federal, state, and local governments are spending an estimated $18 million a week on the surge in Minnesota alone. And what do you got out of it? 2 out of 3 of the shootings resulting in death In Minneapolis, 2 out of 3 were caused by federal agents. (12:41–12:50)

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Asserts that $18 million a week is spent on the surge in Minnesota by federal, state, and local governments.

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