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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.
I would like to associate myself with the remarks of the Senator from Vermont. I am one of the cosponsors of the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, and before I talk about a bill I have just introduced, I would like to underscore…
May I just ask a question? I'm not sure if Senator Enzi's question was totally answered by that answer.
I rise today to talk about a bill I have just introduced, the Arbitration Fairness for Students Act, and to talk about why it is so important to protect our Nation's students. Access to higher education is becoming increasingly important…
I've introduced bipartisan legislation to require colleges to use a uniform financial aid award letter with common names and common terminology.
I rise today to express my strong support for the Veterans Jobs Corps Act. I am proud to be a cosponsor of the bill. I would like to thank Senator Nelson for introducing the bill, and I would like to thank Senator Murray, chair of the…
Well, if we have a common form that names everything the same so you can compare apples to apples----
It seems to me that there's becoming some--I mean, there's a time question here.
I just want to do one thing in terms of responding to Senator Grassley, who is a friend. We enjoy a very good relationship on the Judiciary Committee, and we are just friends. But the idea that these new provisions in the VAWA bill are…
Over the last few weeks hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans have received letters or postcards in the mail from their health care insurers. These notices are letting people know whether their insurer met a new rule in the health care…
I mean, what this does is just actually increase the cost of the projects, does it not?
These are local communities who cannot run a deficit. These are local communities that are seeing economic development not happen, that would have otherwise happened.
To me, this just makes sense, this piece of legislation and it seems absurd to me that we are letting this money be unobligated.
This is not a new project, and this is a project that has bipartisan support.
So, under this level of funding, it is not going to get done by 2063. It will just never get done.
These communities are losing economic development projects. They are losing--you know, we lost an ethanol plant in, the expansion of a pork processing plant in Worthington.
These are not new projects. In other words, I support this legislation, and I would just say to the ranking--or not the ranking member, but Senator Barrasso, that these aren't new projects.
Yes and Minnesota has not gotten a drop of water from it, and these communities have paid 100 percent of their share.
I rise today to talk about our Nation's defenses against cyber attacks, and I wish to commend the Senator from Maine for her leadership. She is the ranking member, of course, on the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs…
I think that our Nation's future is very much tied up--I think it's obvious--is tied up with this issue of access to quality childcare.
Any changes to current gaming laws must take into account the special place that Tribes hold in the gaming industry.
Again, we've all agreed that early childhood care is crucial to kids' intellectual development and readiness to learn.
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