Quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Mr. Franken mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken further, i ask to be able to speak for up to 20 minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken and i would request that my staffer, ed shelby, be allowed to come to the floor. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken thank you. Thank you, mr. President. I rise today to speak about reopening the government. Were now five days into a Government Shutdown that should never have happened. Minnesotans do not want a Government Shutdown. They want us to do our jobs. Not refight the same old political battles over and over again. With each day of shutdown i hear more and more reports about how it is affecting minnesotans, as im sure the presiding officer hears about it affecting the people of maine. Minnesotans seeking basic Government Services are being turned a
Your Credit Rating goes dowfnlt the tragedy of this is that were not only going to add to the deficit and debt of this country by playing this brinksmanship, we are going to hurt every american, every american who relies on credit, whether it is a mortgage, whether it is car loan, a student loan. Weve now linke link student loo this problem. Think about the dollars and think about whats happening to the American People when we dont do the things that we need to do. We shut down government but wont let people go to work, serve the public, but then say, oh, dont worry, were going to pay you. And then we cost by shutting down this government we have cost millions and millions a and millions and billions of dollars, adding to the deficit and debt. Dollars that we didnt have to spend. And now were going to play this brinksmanship in our debt limb. Debt limit. Were going to shake up not only the american markets, were going it add to the interest costs not only of the American People and of
See countries in the gulf in the middle east aligning with israel in a way that we have never seen before. And shouldnt we listen . Shouldnt we listen to the Prime Minister of israel thats the first target of iran, the country that the iranians said and have not renounced their commitment to quote wiping off the map . You think that maybe relations between ourselves and israel are at the lowest ebb . Do you think it is an accident when now saudis and leaders of other countries are outspoken in their derision of the United States lack of leadership in the middle east . Isnt it interesting finally that the russians for the First Time Since 1973, when anwr sadat threw them out of egypt, they are now Major Players in the middle east . Mr. Graham i think the whole middle east is going in the wrong direction at warped speed and congress has some obligation to speak up and do something about it and help the administration when we can. Number one a new round of talks where we can muster bipart
Diabetes and hearst disease are now epidemics. Our Life Expectancy is declining. And Health Care Costs are soaring. 1. 4 trillion is the impact to our economy. The truth is, that this isnt completely our fault. Our diet has been hijacked by processed foods loaded with salt, sugar, fat, saercalories chemicals. If you had to catalog the worlds least Healthy Foods, this is what they have. There is a whole section of the country that cant make a good choice because they dont have a good choice. Why is this happening . And what can we do to eat our way back to Better Health . Our belief is we either pay the farmer or you pay the doctor. Story teller. World traveler. Thats delicious. Im exploring our country. Looking at the biggest social and political questions of the day. Through the lens of food. I mean there is no one solution. Sharing some amazing meals along the way. Hot and fresh. Trying to figure out holy moly. Whats eating america. Every day in Grocery Stores across america, shopper
The Sartell Police Department is one of 35 law enforcement agencies receiving grant money for training new officers. Gov. Walz announced the ICPOET funding on Wed.