Al Franken

I think he wants some rich people to be able to make more money. I think that's what he's talking about.

I would say Republicans.

Let us be clear. This is just wrong.

Republicans jammed through a provision that undercut the Risk Corridor Program, led to huge financial losses for insurers and market exits, which drove up premiums.

Did this change cause any insurance companies to lose money?

It really begs credulity, sir, when you say you did not know that you got a discount on this.

I see you as someone who is there for the doctor and that this is a cover for--this is not going to create access for all Americans.

I find it very hard to believe that you did not know that you had tobacco stocks.

I'll tell you how we could get a really big risk pool. It would be called Medicare for everyone. That would be the biggest risk pool.

This is going to unravel something that has given a lot of Americans peace of mind.

That has people in Minnesota scared out of their minds.

Charter schools are not the issue here. Minnesota is thoroughly in the mainstream.

I've been an advocate of growth.

We think of the NCLB tests as autopsies.

That's why we want more questions, because we want to know if this person that we are entrusting or may entrust to be the Secretary of Education--if she has the breadth and depth of knowledge that we would expect from someone who has that…

If we can't have another hearing, that we'll have an assurance that every single question asked by every single member of this panel submitted in writing is answered before this vote can go forward on the floor.

I think we're selling our kids short by not being able to ask followup questions.

Are you assuring us that before the vote on Tuesday, our questions will have been answered?

In terms of throwing numbers around, you said that student debt has increased by 1,000 percent since----

I vote no-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order. The clerk will continue to call the roll.

--on behalf of the more than 2.3 million Minnesotans who can no longer be discriminated against because of the ACA.

Voting rights is a big deal. It is a really big deal.

I want an Attorney General who is going to protect people's right to vote. And I do not think, with Senator Sessions, we are going to have that.

Now, because we had Shelby, we did not have preclearance, and because of that, elections were held in which Black votes were suppressed.

I want to know, does anybody here, anybody on this panel, have any evidence at all, any reason to believe that there were 3 million fraudulent votes cast in this election?