WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) testified at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the abduction of Ukrainian children by the Russian Federation (https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/the-abduction-of-ukrainian-children-by-the-russian-federation). At the hearing, Klobuchar discussed her recent meeting in Rome with rescued Ukrainian children and Pope Leo XIV, and her bipartisan legislation to support efforts to return the thousands of other Ukrainian children who have yet to be reunited with their families.

A rough transcript of the Senator's statement is below and a video to download is linked here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RnRXeQgYYg)...