Al Franken actually said...

"the cause of these brownouts and the extra charges to the State of California was not caused by regulation, but was caused by companies like Enron ripping Granny off?"

"I'm proud that over 90 percent of insured Minnesotans get their coverage from a nonprofit health insurer."

"the Federal Government does something, it's bad, and it's good if private innovation does it."

"your example is almost a perfect example of why we need regulation, not why we were suffering from too much regulation."