WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the statement below following the election of Senator John Thune (R-SD) as the Senate Republican Leader. 

“I would like to congratulate fellow midwestern Senator John Thune on being elected as the next Senate Republican leader by his colleagues. Senator Thune and I have a long history of working together – from fixing supply chains and easing shipping backlogs to agriculture issues to our effort to put commonsense guardrails in place for AI,” said Klobuchar. 

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