Al Franken actually said...

"I mean, what this does is just actually increase the cost of the projects, does it not?"

"This is not a new project, and this is a project that has bipartisan support."

"These are not new projects. In other words, I support this legislation, and I would just say to the ranking--or not the ranking member, but Senator Barrasso, that these aren't new projects."

"These are local communities who cannot run a deficit. These are local communities that are seeing economic development not happen, that would have otherwise happened."