Klobuchar Statement on Reporting in the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings

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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, ranking member of the Senate Rules Committee, released the following statement on reporting in the Capitol and Senate office buildings:

"A few hours ago we heard--from reporters--that TV journalists were being kept from reporting in the Senate hallways. As the ranking member on the Rules Committee, I had not been consulted and I immediately called on the Republican majority to follow common practice and allow the reporters to do their jobs. Then I talked to Senator Shelby, who is the chairman of the Rules Committee. He said he wouldn't move forward on a change to press access without consulting me. We must hold him to it. This is no time for limiting press access in the U.S. Senate--with Russia hearings, Attorney General Sessions testifying, and what appears to be the secretive drafting of a healthcare bill. We have to preserve freedom of the press."

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