Al Franken actually said...

"What I heard publicly is that the price, we were bending the cost curve."

"I have talked to the President about the importance of helping Minnesota maintain Minnesota Care."

"You always have to look to the precedent that governs and apply that faithfully and do the best job that you can with impartiality and fairness to both parties, and transparency."

"I take this to mean the approach you will take when deciding close cases, cases where the law is not quite clear or the evidentiary record is disputed."