Medicare open enrollment is a brief time during the year when Medicare and Medicare Advantage subscribers can switch their plans and make sure that the plan they are enrolled in is the best one available.

Please apply to claim your retroactive stop loss pay by October 21st. Learn more at www.defense.gov/stoploss.

I rise today to talk about the urgent need for FEMA disaster funds.  I was very concerned when I heard some of my colleagues in the House of Representatives demanding spending cuts in exchange for supplemental disaster relief funds.

Sen. Franken's response to President Obama's jobs speech on Thursday night.

I rise today to pay tribute to former Minnesota Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven, who this week received his sport's highest honor when he was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.

I think we would all agree that patient safety is the priority of Congress and the priority of the FDA. And it is my job and the job of the HELP Committee to help you to protect patient safety to the best of our ability.

Sen. Franken said in the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing he will work to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a law that prevents federal recognition of same-sex marriages and allows states to refuse to acknowledge a same-sex marriage from another state.

Sen. Franken took to the floor of the Senate to talk about the importance of raising the debt ceiling.

Sen. Franken joined 12 of he colleagues to make this video for the It Gets Better Project. Sen. Franken introduce the Student Non-Discrimination Act to stop anti-gay bullying.

Sen. Franken testified at a hearing held by the Surface Transportation Board (STB), telling the agency that the current anti-competitive nature of the railroad industry is hurting many of Minnesota's industries.

U.S Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) and a bipartisan group of Senators successfully stopped an effort to abruptly end federal support for ethanol production, saying the unwise move would not only kill jobs in Minnesota and across the country, but also contribute to higher gas prices and an over-reliance on foreign oil.

Sen. Franken questions witnesses in the HELP Committee on  For-Profit Colleges.

Sen. Franken went to the floor of the Senate yesterday to speak in favor of the confirmation of Goodwin Liu.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) spoke on the floor of the Senate yesterday in honor of Minnesota Twins legend Harmon Killebrew, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 74.