Al Franken

I think this is one of the most important things that we did to make insurance companies more accountable and transparent.

Many schools are on the waiting list that are in dire need of repair.

In a very tight budget year, we see that the President's budget proposes constant funding or relatively small cuts to Indian programs across agencies.

I wish to tell you about a teenager whom I think you know about--Justin Aaberg--from our home State of Minnesota. Yesterday should have been Justin's 16th birthday. Justin was a kind young man, friendly and cheerful, a budding composer…

I rise today to speak about H.R. 1, the House bill we just voted down and which I will continue to oppose until major changes are made. With apologies to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, I would like to talk about Willy Sutton…

How are you putting this idea into practice?

Thank you, Secretary Napolitano, for your testimony.

I took some umbrage.

I simply don't know at this point in time.

Thorium is substantially more abundant than uranium.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Both the chairman and the ranking member have spoken to a couple of areas that I want to talk to you about.

I think it is still possible to realize operation on the grid in 2020 with a possibility of 2019.

I really believe you are one of the finest minds of your generation, and I hope that we as a Nation could be lucky enough to have you as a jurist and a public servant.

I know that the President shares my view that we need to invest in infrastructure projects to create jobs right now.

I'm glad that you said that if it was up to you it would be fully funded.

This feels like, to me, like a broken promise to those states and those communities.

At this rate it will never get done. It just will never get done.

The State and local communities in Minnesota have already paid their full share for this project.

Liu's opponents have sought to demonize him as a 'radical,' 'extremist,' and worse....However, for anyone who has actually read Liu's writings or watched his testimony, it's clear that the attacks--filled with polemic, caricature, and…

This is a major issue in Southwestern Minnesota which is a rural part of my State that doesn't have enough water.

I think we need a new public.

I am a copyright holder of intellectual property or, as Senator Whitehouse said to me coming in, in my case quasi-intellectual property.

Like Mr. Turow, I am well aware of how important it is that we protect the intellectual property of today's writers and artists and innovators.

I rise today to talk about health reform. I would like to start by telling you the story of a little boy named Isaac. From the day his parents brought him home as a newborn to Isanti, MN, he was sick all the time. He had everything from…

I am proud to say that Minnesota utilities met their 2010 targets under the RES.