Al Franken actually said...

"You don't have to take it from me. You can take it from the Defense Department or the National Intelligence Council, both of which have said that climate change is a major threat to our national secur..."

"Last month, I launched an initiative called Back to Work Minnesota aiming to create jobs in our State by implementing more energy efficiency retrofits."

"Ninety-seven percent of scientists who write on the subject agree that climate change is real and that it's caused by human activity."

"The national security challenges posed by climate change are every bit as urgent as the security threats from our reliance on foreign oil."