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Al Franken's Public Statements

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09/05/2019 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker United States House of Representatives, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman House Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Raskin Leads 217 Members in Supporting Federal Workers' Collective Bargaining Rights
02/07/2018 Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Boost Funding for Heating Assistance & Weatherization Programs
12/22/2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Transparency in Corporate Political Spending
12/21/2017 Letter to the Hon. Eric Hargen, Acting Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of of the Office of Management and Budget, and Brenda Fitzgerald, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Reverse Course On Dangerous Banned Words List
12/21/2017 Letter to the Hon. Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary, HHS, the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor, the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of Treasury - Rescind Rule Denying Women Access to Birth Control Coverage
12/19/2017 Letter to Alex Azar, Department of Health and Human Services - Murphy, Help Committee Democrats Ask Health Secretary Nominee to Put Science Over Ideology Following Reports Health Officials Are Prohibiting Words
12/18/2017 Letter to the Hon. Thad Cochran, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy - Strip Environmental Riders from End-of-Year Spending Package
12/14/2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Minority Leader, the Hon. Thad Cochran, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy - Proposed Cuts to EPA Threaten Public Health
12/13/2017 Sen. Franken's Statement on Appointment of Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith to Serve as United States Senator for Minnesota
12/12/2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Abandon Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality Rules
12/12/2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Citing Unknown Impacts on Students and Schools, Senators Murray and Cantwell Demand Delay of Net Neutrality Decision
12/12/2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader - Urge Bipartisan Budget Negotiations & Forgo Partisan Funding Bill That Would Underfund Efforts To Combat the Opioid Epidemic, Security Agencies like the FBI, Cancer Research, Veterans Healthcare, Rural Infrastructure & More
12/07/2017 Executive Session
12/06/2017 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the EPA - Protect Strong Fuel Economy Standards
12/06/2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Extend Secure Rural School Program
12/06/2017 Letter to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn - Senators Blunt, Klobuchar, Young Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister on Adoptions
12/05/2017 Letter to the Hon. Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Murray and Cantwell Demand Trump Administration Reinstate Birth Control Coverage for Millions of Women
12/04/2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Delay Vote Rolling Back Net Neutrality Rules
12/04/2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Nominate Aggressive Head of Consumer Watchdog
12/04/2017 Letter to the Hon. Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General - Trump Tweets Aimed at Influencing Justice Department
11/30/2017 Letter to Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, and Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - Senators to Trump Administration: Reject Calls for New Nuclear Weapons
11/29/2017 Letter to the Hon. Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Democrats Again Call on HHS to Explain Troubling Changes to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
11/21/2017 Letter to the Honorable Ryan Zinke, Secretary of US Department of the Interior - Elephant Trophy Decision
11/17/2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Senator Markey Leads Senators in Call to Fund Program for School and Library Internet Access
11/17/2017 Letter to Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Judiciary Democrats Denounce Grassley Blue Slip Decision

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