Al Franken actually said...

"I really resent that implication, I really do. The union members in my State that I work with are among the finest people I know."

"The disparity of income is higher now in the United States than it has been since the Great Depression."

"It creates a lot of instability to not have a large and thriving middle class."

"We are going to have to be smarter about it, I think, because we are in a global economy."