Al Franken

This isn't about pitting Minnesota against Texas, but it is about incentivizing States to do the right things.

The SAVE Native Women Act authorizes services for children and for non-abusing parents, and I think this is a good step for breaking the cycle of violence in Indian Country.

The Affordable Care Act applied the Value Index to Physicians and Clinics only, but not hospitals.

These kids are missing school. They are going as far as committing suicide because of this, and they are literally being bullied to death.

I have a bill, the Student Non-Discrimination Act, that would fix this.

Today I am introducing the Community Wind Act with my friend and colleague Senator Tester from Montana. Rural renewable energy development has been one of my top priorities since coming to the Senate. America's rural communities have some…

Certainly. And obviously I believe in the markup we will have a healthy discussion of every part of this bill and of every amendment. I think the Senator from North Carolina is going to be so thrilled with my amendments, that at the end of…

I thank the chairman for allowing me to ask a question. I want to know because I have only been here 2-plus years. But it seems to me that actually, from my perspective--this is my perspective--this committee has worked in a pretty…

Today I am introducing the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act with my friend and colleague from Minnesota, Senator Klobuchar. This legislation will finally allow for the distribution of funds owed to the Minnesota…

During this whole period, I talked with the Senator. I have asked to see the ranking member and meet with him in his office to tell him what I wanted to see in this bill. I agree with the Senator from Kentucky, who has talked about there…

I wish to thank the ranking member. We talk on the phone about this. We have talked over dinner about this bill. I wish to thank Senator Alexander, whom I asked to come to his office. We spent a very substantive session talking exactly…

I also respect my good friend from North Carolina, and I want to thank him for his vote on my amendment. I think he is going to like some of my other amendments too. I wish to take issue too with one thing he said. I think he said it in a…

I think it would be defying common sense to think that a judge's life experience does not inform how he or she judges.

My opinion is that drug courts work and do save society money.

I think it is just unrealistic to think that a judge's personal experience does not in some way... inform his or her judgment.

As you get older, you get more and more reliant on Social Security.

The last thing we want to do is undermine these systems and, particularly, ask the most vulnerable to pay for it.

I'm glad that, Ms. Hartmann, you brought up the fact that very often it's these churches who are doing the work for Meals on Wheels.

We're really talking about the most vulnerable Americans now at a very vulnerable age.

I think it's really especially important at this time to maintain Social Security benefits, not only at their level but to use the COLA to increase them.

I'm committed to strengthening the Older Americans Act.

This is something that we're doing at a time when there just is a refusal to ask people who, in our economy, are doing extraordinarily well.

Because of the Affordable Care Act, seniors who purchase brand-name drugs in the donut hole now this year are receiving a 50 percent discount on those drugs.

This is for Vice Admiral. Thank you for your testimony.

The Affordable Care Act is closing the donut hole, which I think is very important to do and I think a repeal of the Affordable Care Act just in that alone would be disastrous.