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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 30, 2012

I think we do not need another round, but I think we--unless anyone wants to respond to a couple of observations I have here.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 30, 2012

I want to applaud the Supreme Court for its decision in the Jones case. It was, I believe, the right result.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 30, 2012

I want to look at how we might update the Video Privacy Protection Act for the 21st century.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 30, 2012

I think we need to confirm that it covers video streaming technology.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 30, 2012

The Video Privacy Protection Act is so important.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 30, 2012

The movies we choose to watch are our business and not anyone else's.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 30, 2012

this Vermonter likes his privacy. And I especially do not like it when somebody says, 'We are just going to make life simpler if we sell your privacy.'

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 30, 2012

I think you raise a lot of great issues about this, but it seems to me to say that since the VPPA applied to what we think of as movies, movies are going to be streamed.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 30, 2012

I just want to make that kind of clear, that to opt in to sharing a video, what movie you are watching, would be no more burdensome than just watching the movie itself.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 30, 2012

the law stands in the way of her similarly sharing the fact that she watched the movie entitled 'The Godfather.'

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 26, 2012

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich pulled off a surprise win in South Carolina. But I would venture to guess it wouldn't have happened if Mr. Gingrich's super PAC hadn't received a $5 million check from one guy, a multibillionaire from Las…

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 26, 2012

Madam President, I rise today to talk about one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in the history of the Court. Two years ago the Supreme Court handed down the landmark decision Citizens United, and with it they gave corporations a blank…

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Amy Klobuchar
@amyklobuchar· Democratic · MN· Jan 26, 2012

Mr. President, I thank Senator Collins for her great leadership. This bill is moving. This bill is picking up support across the Nation. Again, we need to get it done. We cannot wait. These patients cannot wait. ____________________

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Amy Klobuchar
@amyklobuchar· Democratic · MN· Jan 26, 2012

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about the drug shortage crisis that is continuing to spread across the country. I am proud to stand here today with my friend and colleague, Senator Susan Collins of Maine, who has been a leader on this…

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Amy Klobuchar
@amyklobuchar· Democratic · MN· Jan 26, 2012

I am here today also to talk about something that is very important to the future of our democracy; that is, campaign finance reform and the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court which had its second anniversary a few days ago. I…

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 25, 2012

The record will be open for a week, so if any Senators have questions for you we'll get those to you and this will be open for a week.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jan 25, 2012

It seems to me that either you have mandatory sentences or you have guidelines, and if you have guidelines there's going to be a difference between what judge you're before.

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