Al Franken actually said...

I think that when we talk about sound empirical research, we should--the word 'sound' is very important.

In American Express v. Italian Colors, basically what I believe we saw was the Court overturned precedent, effective vindication.

Do you think that the American people have the right to know roughly how many of them have had their information collected by the NSA?

My feeling is this: that the American people are skeptical of executive power.