Al Franken

I applaud you, Mr. Chairman, for drafting a bill that would end that injustice, and I am a proud supporter of this bill.

I also learned on those tours that there are undocumenteds serving in our military.

Sometimes the American people are subject to some misinformation.

If a majority of Americans believe something... does that make it true?

I think that we can all agree that someone had to make a call one way or the other on the moratorium.

I would like to honor a leader from my home State of Minnesota, William A. Hawkins. Bill, who is retiring with distinction as the chairman and CEO of Medtronic, has achieved great professional success through his dedication to and…

I think manufacturing in America is what we need.

The Congressional Budget Office has found time and again... that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created up to about 3.5 million jobs.

I mean, did they realize the impact of what a moratorium would do?

I hope we enforce them, and I hope we are working with the USTR and WTO to clamp down on this huge problem.

Does the Older Americans Act save the American taxpayer money by allowing...?

I again believe that this is a program that saves the taxpayers money by leveraging what you do.

if it weren't for this program we'd have to borrow more money from the Chinese.

The clear inference of those results would be the ability to stay out of nursing homes, wouldn't it, and be able to stay at home, if you reduce isolation and increase nutrition?

The Older Americans Act saves money. It leverages money. It saves money.

So by achieving its goals, do you mean that it saves money and that by providing these nutritional programs, it allows people to stay in their homes and therefore cuts the costs to the taxpayer?

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1223 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 15, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Environment and…

I thank the Chair. Madam President, I rise today to discuss what I think is one of the clearest threats to Americans' digital privacy and to discuss legislation I think will go a long way toward addressing this problem. Americans have…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 15, 2011, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen 406 to conduct a hearing entitled, ``The Clean Air Act and Public…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 15, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. in SR 328A. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 15, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 15, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 15, 2011, at 10 a.m. The…