Al Franken: “I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 25 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…”

You`re right, we started getting these tea party types, including Rand, and it was -- it was very upsetting, of course. Now, they did very quickly shift to opposing the Affordable Care Act and, of course, when they finally saw what the…

We have to pass this bill and you can carve out and say for, you know, elections, this is our democracy.

The Republican Party has become something almost unrecognizable. When I started there, it was tough then but it just got worse and worse and worse and worse.

Absolutely, I said after the 6th very publicly that there should be an ethics investigation of Cruz and of Hawley and those who were going to deny certification.