Al Franken: “I think is just--it's not helpful. It poisons the well on cooperation on healthcare.”

I don`t want my grandchildren, children saying to be Grandpa, you are in the Senate, why didn`t you do anything in 50 years, I want to say why didn`t you do anything about climate.

What is great about this is that it gives us the time to get Sinema and to get Manchin and to get all 51 with the vice president on board on a package and if we tell the American people and keep telling the American people what’s in it.

The child tax credit, reduce poverty by childhood poverty by half, biggest middle class, working class, tax cut, low income tax cut in the history of the country.

Absolutely, I said after the 6th very publicly that there should be an ethics investigation of Cruz and of Hawley and those who were going to deny certification.