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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 rise today to talk about the importance of the Postal Service to Minnesota and to urge my colleagues to make thoughtful changes to strengthen S. 1789. The Postal Service has proposed a cost-cutting plan that would close or consolidate…
I encourage skepticism, but I don't encourage cynicism and denial that's paid for.
I just want to say something I've said before that we are paying the price already for this.
I was also a co-sponsor of that legislation and believed it would have been a huge step forward for Tribal energy development.
I think that if you make $137 billion, if you're those 5 companies, you really don't need tax subsidies from the taxpayer.
Senator Hoeven, I have asked him many times to discover oil in Minnesota and he has yet to do it.
Climate change is the elephant. Climate change induced sea level rise is clearly impacting the health and security of our Nation.
The current system enabling OSHA to fulfill its mission? And I think the answer is it's not good enough.
I think economically it will only help us to develop these renewable energy sources of solar and wind and biomass.
Unfortunately, since 2008, there really has been no such thing as the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. This is really a bad thing, because we need this board.
We must, I believe, improve professional development and advancement opportunities for STEM teachers.
Part of this, to me, there are a number of purposes of accelerated learning and part of the purpose is to perhaps lower the cost of college.
Over the past 20 or 30 years, the ability of our government to monitor the everyday lives of our citizens has just exploded, and our privacy laws have not kept up.
AP does reduce college costs. If you can use AP to get out of a semester's worth of college work, you can save your parents--and I have a daughter who is a senior in high school, so I am very in-tune with this notion--you can save parents…
I introduced a piece of legislation, the STEM Master Teacher Corps Act to recognize and retain teachers.
Today I am introducing the Small Business Election Simplification Act with my friends, Senators Snowe and Enzi. I want to thank them for this collaboration, and I especially want to acknowledge Senator Snowe for her leadership. As Ranking…
We're currently working to pass legislation to reduce tax loop holes that benefit the top 5 oil companies.
The second part will remove red tape that keeps the FDA from consulting with the experts in health care and biotechnology.
Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota are right, however, as speculation has caused unfair prices.
My bill, the Patient Access to Medical Innovation Act, will help get treatments to patients who need them.
These are essentially loop hole subsidies. Wouldn't it follow that if cutting these subsidies would increase the price of oil in one way to bring gas prices down would be to increase subsidies?
The first part will help patients with rare diseases get them new and innovative treatments.
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