Al Franken actually said...

"I remain convinced that this is a serious problem and think we need to be doing as much as possible to encourage companies to be aggressive about monitoring their systems to stop this type of theft."

"Minnesota is one of those States with the highest patent-intensive employment in the country."

"I just think we need to get the legislation right such that the bill does not unnecessarily sacrifice civil liberties."

"the two bills here in the Senate present very serious threats to our privacy and civil liberties."