Al Franken actually said...

"Overlapping, conflicting and unclear tax policies can stifle economic development."

"When designed well, tax incentives can work to bring new businesses and jobs to low income communities, including to Indian Country."

"Dr. Majumdar is exactly the type of person this country needs leading our efforts to develop and deploy energy technologies to meet the challenges of climate change and national security."

"This longer term vision can especially be seen in his discussion with stakeholders about how to build a market for ARPA-E technologies, to avoid the dreaded 'valley of death' between development and c..."