Al Franken actually said...

"I would hope that I could in my office and the folks over at DOJ who are looking at this can have an exchange of ideas on this because this is something that affects people in ways they do not underst..."

"I want to make sure that the Department of Justice--make sure that conditions, merger conditions would actually have enough teeth and have a long enough life that they would really impose real conditi..."

"Clearly, this model worked by intervening early and minimizing more damage, and clearly we have a problem as long as any suicide is occurring among our youth."

"We must learn from these tragedies. We must find models and fund programs that work to prevent suicide in Native communities."