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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Feb 4, 2015

OK. Well, that doesn't make a lot of sense to me and, frankly, it just doesn't seem fair.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Feb 4, 2015

If I'm understanding that correctly, that means that if a worker at McDonald's doesn't get paid minimum wage, then McDonald's, the corporation, would be responsible as a joint employer because it exerts enough control over that worker.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Feb 3, 2015

It's critical that we provide the resources needed for housing in these communities.

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Tom Emmer
@tomemmer· Republican · MN· Feb 3, 2015

I thank the gentleman from Texas, Representative Brady, for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the urgent health needs of this Nation. I asked my constituents to share with me how ObamaCare has affected…

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Feb 3, 2015

The Native American Housing and Self Determination Act, NAHASDA, is vital to enabling American Indians and tribes to meet their particular housing needs.

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Amy Klobuchar
@amyklobuchar· Democratic · MN· Feb 3, 2015

Madam President, I come to the floor to join my colleagues to call for an end to any political gamesmanship being played over this bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. I thank Senators Shaheen and Mikulski for their leadership…

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Feb 2, 2015

I want my kid to be in the 99th percentile in head circumference.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Feb 2, 2015

Here's one thing you said in your testimony, which I love. There is an old adage that states what gets measured gets done.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Feb 2, 2015

Boy, there's nothing more important than our kids' education. There really isn't.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Feb 2, 2015

Yet you say that you want to keep the yearly tests.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Feb 2, 2015

I can't agree with you more on mental health, and I have a mental health in schools thing that we got some--about $55 million for.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Feb 2, 2015

Can we design tests, can we design accountability measures that reward the kinds of teaching and the kinds of curriculum that excite kids and make kids excited to learn?

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 28, 2015

I have a bill to get Medicare to pay for this, because the return on investment is tremendous.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 28, 2015

What it did was, pre-diabetes is people who have this blood--they're about to become diabetic if they don't do something about it.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 28, 2015

This is something that, with Senator Lugar, I put into the ACA, that we should be promoting this.

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