Al Franken

That is why I want to tout my own Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce Improvement Act as part of the solution here.

Thank you, Senator Harkin, for your leadership on this, your Strong Start for America's Children Act would serve an additional 1,456 children in Minnesota.

The reliability of the electric grid is essential to our energy security.

I agree that we need State flexibility in addressing those kinds of issues especially on the new rules that EPA will make on the existing coal fired plants.

I think there is a case here to be made for additional funding, part of which is to make sure that our workforce--when Dr. Whitehurst talks about the effectiveness of these Head Start programs, and I heard your range was from mildly…

I think it's really important that we engage the law enforcement community both at the Federal level and at the State and local level.

As chairman of the Energy subcommittee, I want to make sure that we're doing everything we can to secure our electric grid.

I worked closely, with Senator Murkowski, to introduce an amendment to the Shaheen/Portman bill to support the deployment of combined heat and power district energy.

I am against this deal because I believe it does not meet either test.

I am not convinced. If this deal goes through, Comcast will control about 40 percent or more of the broadband market.

The FCC certainly looked at it, didn't it?

One of the things I want to talk about is school construction and school reconstruction.

Well, my concern is that as Comcast continues to get bigger, it will have even more power to exercise that leverage, to squeeze consumers.

I am worried that this deal simply continues a trend of media consolidation, a trend that has led to increasing prices for consumers.

I think the interpretation here is on what the word 'look' means. And I think everyone knows what the word 'look' means.

If this deal goes through, Comcast will control about 40 percent or more of the broadband market.

I ask to speak in morning business for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

this morning the Supreme Court announced its decision in the McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the latest in a series of rulings that have done away with any meaningful limits on money in politics. Since the Supreme Court issued…

I don't want them foreclosing better options for themselves because they didn't realize that a school--some schools will give a full ride to students.

I want to talk about a tool that students can use early on in the process of looking at colleges, the Net Price Calculator. I'm going to introduce some legislation on that to improve it.

I strongly oppose this acquisition, and it is a good reminder that consumers need more competition from satellite TV.

the best interests of the consumers must guide this process.

Thank you. Amendment No. 2822 I rise in strong support of the child care development and block grant, or CCDBG, and to urge my colleagues to support the amendment Senator Murkowski and I put forward. Our amendment would help strengthen…

I've been doing my part to fight for our device industry in Minnesota and around our country, the American device industry.

I think that is a bad tendency to do that.