Feb 3, 2015
The Native American Housing and Self Determination Act, NAHASDA, is vital to enabling American Indians and tribes to meet their particular housing needs.
Al Franken
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Al Franken is an American politician, comedian, and author who served as the junior United States Senator from Minnesota from 2009 until 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, Franken gained national prominence as a writer and performer on 'Saturday Night Live' before transitioning to politics. During his time in the Senate, he focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and consumer protection, and was known for his sharp wit and advocacy for progressive policies. He was a member of several Senate committees, including the Judiciary and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committees.
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Feb 3, 2015
It's critical that we provide the resources needed for housing in these communities.
Feb 2, 2015
Can we design tests, can we design accountability measures that reward the kinds of teaching and the kinds of curriculum that excite kids and make kids excited to learn?
Feb 2, 2015
I can't agree with you more on mental health, and I have a mental health in schools thing that we got some--about $55 million for.
Feb 2, 2015
Boy, there's nothing more important than our kids' education. There really isn't.
Feb 2, 2015
Here's one thing you said in your testimony, which I love. There is an old adage that states what gets measured gets done.
Jan 28, 2015
we will just cover this for any of our people who are pre-diabetic. We'll pay for it because we will save $4 for every dollar we spend.
Jan 28, 2015
This is something that, with Senator Lugar, I put into the ACA, that we should be promoting this.
Jan 28, 2015
What it did was, pre-diabetes is people who have this blood--they're about to become diabetic if they don't do something about it.
Jan 28, 2015
I have a bill to get Medicare to pay for this, because the return on investment is tremendous.
Jan 27, 2015
we have an obligation to provide them the best treatment, to thank them for their service to our country
Jan 27, 2015
what I will be doing with this is doing mental health courts so that if a prosecutor and an arresting officer and the defense attorney and the judge say this person belongs in a mental health court so that they can be treated and not go to…
Jan 27, 2015
I have been fighting to get the--I had actually a bipartisan piece in the Senate side of what is now called Dodd-Frank, the Wall Street reform bill, to fix this.
Jan 27, 2015
The United States has 5 percent of the world's population, 25 percent of the prison population.
Jan 27, 2015
We have used our criminal justice system as a substitute for a well-functioning mental health system.
Jan 27, 2015
Because Minnesotans lost their homes, they lost their savings, they lost their jobs, and millions of Americans did this because of these guys.
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