U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaking to Biden-Harris supporters during the opening of the campaign's field office on April 20. Telegraph photo by Christopher Roberson

NASHUA – U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) spoke about the economy and the War in Ukraine as she addressed Biden-Harris supporters during the opening of the campaign’s field office on Main Street.

This is the eighth office that the Biden-Harris campaign has opened in New Hampshire. Other locations include Manchester, Exeter, Concord and Laconia.

“This campaign is investing big time in New Hampshire,” Klobuchar said during the April 20 event.

Regarding the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Klobuchar said the U.S. Senate will be voting on a $60.8 million package to send to Ukraine. The House of Representatives recently voted 311-112 to approve the bill.

“We’ve got to get this done,” said Klobuchar. “If we let Vladimir Putin march into Kiev, he’s just going to keep marching.”

According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the U.S. has sent $75 billion to Ukraine since the war began in February 2022, thus making it the top recipient of U.S. foreign aid. No European country has received that much money from the U.S. since the end of World War II when former President Harry Truman signed the $13.3 billion Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe’s shattered landscape.

Klobuchar said former President Donald Trump is only the second president in the nation’s history to leave office with a smaller job market, the other being former President Herbert Hoover.

She also reminded everyone of Trump’s intention to repeal the Affordable Care Act and how he publicly stated: “I’m proudly the person who overturned Roe vs. Wade.”

“I do not want to go back to the chaos of Donald Trump,” she said.

In contrast, Klobuchar said 50 million jobs have been added since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021. He also signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, providing $400 billion for road and bridge repair as well as safe drinking water, high-speed Internet service and a clean energy economy.

Regarding healthcare, Klobuchar said the copays on prescription drugs have come down and that the copay for insulin can be no higher than $35.

“Joe Biden is the one that got that done,” she said.

The April 18 poll from Marist College showed Biden with 51 percent of the vote in the general election and Trump with 48 percent.

On the state level, New Hampshire House Minority Leader Donna Soucy expressed her excitement for this year’s gubernatorial election.

“We are going to change the Corner Office,” she said. “We’re going to have an amazing female governor. From Pelham to Pittsburg, Democrats are energized.”