U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

01/28/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/28/2026 18:23

On Senate Floor, Klobuchar Honors Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Calls on ICE to Leave Minnesota, and Opposes ICE Funding Bill

WATCH KLOBUCHAR'S FULL REMARKS HERE

WASHINGTON - On the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) delivered remarks honoring Renee Good and Alex Pretti, calling for ICE to leave Minnesota, and opposing the ICE funding bill.

"In the last year, we have too often come to the floor to discuss tragedies in our state. This summer, an assassin killed our friend Melissa Hortman, the former Speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark. And we were once again shaken to our core when a mass shooter attacked Annunciation Catholic Church right in the middle of mass. Children in their first week of school - two children murdered, 21 more people injured, including 18 kids.

In recent weeks, Minnesota has once again been at the center of America's heartbreak, but we are also at the center of America's courage and hope.

We honor Renee Good today. Renee Good, who left behind three children, including a six year old when she was shot and killed by an ICE agent. Her wife said this: 'kindness radiated out of her. … She literally sparkled.' And asked everyone to 'honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion.'

We also honor the memory of Alex Pretti, a VA intensive care nurse who did one of the most selfless jobs people could think of: caring for our veterans, often in their final hours. A man described by his friends and family as 'a kindhearted soul.'

Both Renee and Alex should be alive today.

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Anyone who cares about federalism, about freedoms, about liberties should be horrified by what is happening. If you care about the Constitution, I say to our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, you should be horrified because what is happening in our state has been a violation of the First Amendment, the right to assemble. … The Second Amendment - Alex was a lawful gun owner, but he was immediately criticized for that.… They've been violating the Fourth Amendment, ramming into people's homes without a judicial warrant. … And this administration is going after the Fifth Amendment, the right to due process.

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There are 3,000 federal officers in Minnesota, and I can not state it more unequivocally: ICE must leave Minnesota.

Law enforcement has made this clear. They can't do their jobs, they can't investigate burglaries, they can't help on some of the complex cases, because they're being called to people's homes all the time, because of the ICE agents hanging around homes of just regular citizens in parking lots, chasing people down local businesses.

Business leaders have come out and said, enough. Police chiefs in our state have joined together. Police chiefs across the nation have joined together and said: we believe in proper police procedures and the rule of law.

But the biggest story out of this is the everyday people, the ordinary people doing extraordinary things. They've rallied together, brought food to their neighbors, drove other kids to school, showed up for small businesses and marched -- 50,000 strong."

Download Klobuchar's full remarks from HERE.

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