Al Franken actually said...

"The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act passed in 2008. Seven years later we are still waiting for the law to be fully implemented."

"I think that Americans have the right to know to the extent that it is not harmful, obviously, what surveillance is like."

"I am very concerned about the telecommunications industry consolidating, and I am specifically concerned about Comcast's proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable."

"Because Minnesotans lost their homes, they lost their savings, they lost their jobs, and millions of Americans did this because of these guys."