Al Franken actually said...

"But it's a mandate that's not so prescriptive that it allows the market to figure out how to meet that standard."

"the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act is exactly the kind of legislation that we need to make the energy sector more efficient."

"We do believe that if done right, flexible and, you know, including a lot of efficiencies, can be done in ways that will actually help the economy rather than hurt the economy."

"In Minnesota we have an energy efficiency standard. Now it's called--you talk about having standards, but not mandates, right?"