Al Franken actually said...

"I would remind the ranking member that the expressed reason given by S&P was the dysfunction of some in Congress who seemed willing to threaten to go into default."

"Okay, well, if they don't have the authority to make that call, who does?"

"There is no doubt that clean energy development is a powerful tool to create jobs."

"What are the obstacles there? What is that like? Why does everything have to work that way? Why does everything have to be so slow?"