This type of concentration is bad for consumers.

your bill is aiming toward, is giving people that choice if there has been some road block...

I think some of those facts and figures show that it is not good enough yet, it is not effective enough yet to really discipline the prices that consumers pay.

Absent evidence that a carrier is hoarding spectrum or otherwise seeking spectrum for a purpose other than to serve its customers, it is at best premature to assume that a carrier's desire to purchase additional spectrum is itself…

They referred to these as incidents—not accidents. And it kind of changes the point of view on how we're getting after it.

He doesn't believe there are three fire departments in America that could respond in an urban area to a Casselton type of incident.

The problem we have, sometimes, though is the city of La Crescent was there also, and they said I happen to know Winona's got a better grant writer, because we're smaller.

We want to keep our citizens safe and we want to move important products, and we have to figure out strike that balance.

I have a bill called the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act that will improve access to mental health treatment.

The practice of solitary confinement or restrictive housing is a troubling one for a number of reasons.

I certainly hope that your nomination will be expedited.

Mr. President, I rise in support of Andrew Luger. I thank my colleagues for the work they have done to make sure Minnesota has a U.S. attorney in place. I want to particularly thank Leader Reid and Senator McConnell, the two leaders, for…

Unfortunately it's been difficult for Congress to pass comprehensive clean energy legislation, even though this is prerequisite if we are going to win the global clean energy race.

S. 1206, introduced by Senator Franken, will encourage and help states to do benchmarking and disclosure.

I've been told that we have to get out of here in about 10 minutes. They're having, I think, an arena soccer game will be here a little later.

I sense a pattern.

We had kind of a perfect storm and we saw the price of propane go from under $2 to over $6.

But I want to thank you all for the great work that you're doing.