Al Franken actually said...

"The Minnesota Department of Commerce also supports Senator Franken's bill (S. 1205--Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act) that promotes district heating and cooling."

"You can voluntary standards or mandatory standards, but in, I think, that in many cases we're talking about a distinction without a difference that a standard is a mandate."

"We will do that either in the subcommittee or as the committee as a whole we need to be looking at this in anticipation of next year."

"To me, that kind of legislative transparency is honestly more important than operational transparency."