Al Franken actually said...

"The Manchin-Toomey amendment would expand the background check system to cover commercial guns sales."

"I believe accountability is appropriate. I also believe that we need to change the model by which the credit rating agency is chosen by the issuer of the product and also paid by them."

"I would like to thank them both."

"Repeatedly S&P promised that its ratings would be objective and independent even though the banks and other institutions hired S&P to rate these financial products."