Al Franken actually said...

"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."

"maybe it is time we can go to a veterans court"