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Al Franken

  1. They say these things save lives, and any delay can cost lives
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 4 weeks ago
  2. She and Paul and their daughter Marcia were tragically taken from us too soon. But Sheila's example is with us. Her legacy is with us and her words are with us
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
  3. It will save the postal service over $15 billion a year
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio 1 month ago
  4. The postal regulatory commission will have the power to overturn scheduled post office and processing center closures when communities or individuals make a compelling case to keep the facility open ... So it's the right of redress, really.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio 1 month ago
  5. Sheila Wellstone isn't with us today ... Sheila and Paul and their daughter, Marsha, were tragically taken from us too soon, but Sheila's example is with us. Her legacy is with us and her words are with us.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Video Cafe 1 month ago
  6. She realized there were a lot of women across the country who needed a voice, who needed someone to speak up for them. Shelia set out to be that person
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Mediaite.com 1 month ago
  7. I've heard from seniors who have to choose between their food or their prescriptions or for heat during the winter and from those who ration their pills and will cut a pill in half or not take a pill at all
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 1 month ago
  8. This is about bringing down the cost of our medical care system
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 1 month ago
  9. Processing centers are key to ensuring timely delivery of everything from newspapers to prescriptions
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Duluth News Tribune 1 month ago
  10. Addressing climate change in the long run requires that we grow clean energy sources ... We can keep them going by closing subsidies to oil companies, which made $137 billion in profits in 2011.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Climate Science Watch 1 month ago
  11. This one business distributes over 2 million pieces of mail annually through the postal service
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Duluth News Tribune 1 month ago
  12. Anybody who’s been on the ground looking at what the economy has been doing knows that we have to make investments in education and infrastructure and innovation ... If you don’t have some more revenue coming in you can’t do that without increasing the deficit.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
  13. It's not going to solve everything. No one says it will
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio 1 month ago
  14. Shouldn’t we be concerned that, as these companies that trade in your personal information keep getting bigger and bigger, they become less and less accountable?
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Irish Times 1 month ago
  15. I said to my staff, ‘We’ve got to figure out how to create jobs with no (government) money,’
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
  16. I agree with the governor that these are heroic stories, but that means we have a generation of students that have to be heroes simply to be students, which is saying something
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
  17. I'd love to think that, wow, it was really hard to find this group of students with these hard stories
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 1 month ago
  18. These are heroic stories, but that means we have a generation of students who have to be heroes
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minnesota Daily 1 month ago
  19. It always helps me when I’m talking with my colleagues to bring back first-hand knowledge of students’ experiences
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minnesota Daily 1 month ago
  20. This is something that's hurting Americans in their pocket books ... It's hurting Minnesotans.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2 months ago
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About Al Franken

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Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party. Full Article

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  5. Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. , center, accompanied by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, and fellow committee member, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011,... AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

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  7. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, left, accompanied by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. , speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, to discuss the disclosure of super PAC donors to the Republican presidential candidates. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

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  1. They say these things save lives, and any delay can cost lives
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 4 weeks ago
  2. She and Paul and their daughter Marcia were tragically taken from us too soon. But Sheila's example is with us. Her legacy is with us and her words are with us
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
  3. It will save the postal service over $15 billion a year
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio 1 month ago
  4. The postal regulatory commission will have the power to overturn scheduled post office and processing center closures when communities or individuals make a compelling case to keep the facility open ... So it's the right of redress, really.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio 1 month ago
  5. Sheila Wellstone isn't with us today ... Sheila and Paul and their daughter, Marsha, were tragically taken from us too soon, but Sheila's example is with us. Her legacy is with us and her words are with us.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Video Cafe 1 month ago
  6. She realized there were a lot of women across the country who needed a voice, who needed someone to speak up for them. Shelia set out to be that person
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Mediaite.com 1 month ago
  7. I've heard from seniors who have to choose between their food or their prescriptions or for heat during the winter and from those who ration their pills and will cut a pill in half or not take a pill at all
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 1 month ago
  8. This is about bringing down the cost of our medical care system
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 1 month ago
  9. Processing centers are key to ensuring timely delivery of everything from newspapers to prescriptions
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Duluth News Tribune 1 month ago
  10. Addressing climate change in the long run requires that we grow clean energy sources ... We can keep them going by closing subsidies to oil companies, which made $137 billion in profits in 2011.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Climate Science Watch 1 month ago
  11. This one business distributes over 2 million pieces of mail annually through the postal service
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Duluth News Tribune 1 month ago
  12. Anybody who’s been on the ground looking at what the economy has been doing knows that we have to make investments in education and infrastructure and innovation ... If you don’t have some more revenue coming in you can’t do that without increasing the deficit.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
  13. It's not going to solve everything. No one says it will
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio 1 month ago
  14. Shouldn’t we be concerned that, as these companies that trade in your personal information keep getting bigger and bigger, they become less and less accountable?
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Irish Times 1 month ago
  15. I said to my staff, ‘We’ve got to figure out how to create jobs with no (government) money,’
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
  16. I agree with the governor that these are heroic stories, but that means we have a generation of students that have to be heroes simply to be students, which is saying something
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
  17. I'd love to think that, wow, it was really hard to find this group of students with these hard stories
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 1 month ago
  18. These are heroic stories, but that means we have a generation of students who have to be heroes
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minnesota Daily 1 month ago
  19. It always helps me when I’m talking with my colleagues to bring back first-hand knowledge of students’ experiences
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minnesota Daily 1 month ago
  20. This is something that's hurting Americans in their pocket books ... It's hurting Minnesotans.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2 months ago
  21. not mean that our smartphones are going to be clogged with permission screens ... This can be done with one simple screen. My bill does not require a new permission screen from every subsequent company that gets your location. That would be impractical. It would not be smart.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: PC World 2 months ago
  22. This deal seems to completely abandon the goals of the Telecom Act
    – Al Franken SOURCE: VentureBeat 2 months ago
  23. This is really at the heart of why I am skeptical about this deal ... It's almost as if your companies got in a room together, and you agreed to throw in the towel and stop competing against each other.
    – Al Franken SOURCE: ComputerWorld 2 months ago
  24. If I get a contribution for $200 from a contributor, I disclose it and I have to do it in a timely way ... For every Sheldon Adelson [who has openly donated at least $16 million to a pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC], there are hundreds if not thousands of corporations and large individual donors who are not...
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MinnPost.com 2 months ago
  25. If I get a contribution for $200 from a contributor, I disclose it and I have to do it in a timely way ... For every Sheldon Adelson [who has openly donated at least $16 million to a pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC], there are hundreds if not thousands of corporations and large individual donors who are not...
    – Al Franken SOURCE: MinnPost.com 2 months ago