Al Franken actually said...

"we should remember that Native communities have been under funded for decades."

"Let us talk about pace laws. Can you explain to the folks what pace laws are and how they work? I think they are really a good way of doing this."

"It is a powerful tool that I think we could use and possibly legislate that nationwide, being careful not to punish the utilities in those States that have already been doing this for a number of year..."

"I support the goals in the bill. I think it is very smart in the bill that we have provisions to address exactly that, overcoming financing obstacles."