Al Franken actually said...

"In the middle of a recession, we are asking them to put more money aside for the pensions, and that is money that cannot be used to create jobs or invest in things."

"It is fair to say that electronic records, electronic health records, really is an area... where we can really start increasing our efficiency in attacking fraud."

"It is a tremendous investment. It is a win-win, right?"

"Because people go to prison for having, you know, a bag of marijuana. These are people who are responsible for ripping off Medicare to the tune of a couple billion dollars, and they are not in prison."