Al Franken actually said...

"I am worried about what this deal might mean for consumers not just two years from now or five years from now, but 10 or 20 years from now."

"When we are done, America will be the first nation on earth to have full-fledged facilities-based telephone competition everywhere. We will achieve the vision of the two-wired world."

"I guess one of the reasons--the answer to your question is that we worry about this agreement, this joint venture agreement."

"I would like to thank Chairman Leahy for his leadership on the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act."