and if that s the case, if that s what happens, then we ve lost the ability to have the kinds of arguments that help build consensus. what is to be done. who will stand up and fight for more honest debate. to insist that even though we have a different set of opinions. we cannot honorably advance our competing agendas, unless we use the same set of facts. i hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will stand up for truth. the thing is, i have spent enough time with my republican friends over the last 8 1/2 years to know that you are motivated by values just like democrats. i just hope that you will fight for those values forthrightly. but at the end of the day, it s going to be up to the american people, just like it s always been we will always have the
word, senator al franken said farewell to congress thursday, in his final speech on the senate floor. floor franken will formally resign his seat to minnesota s current lieutenant governor tina smith on january 2nd, after allegations of inappropriate conduct surfaced just weeks earlier. in his speech, senator franken criticized the trump administration s policies, saying they are at odds with what s best for the american people. here s senator franken in his farewell address to the senate. you know, before i came to the senate, i was known as something of an obsessive on the subject of honesty in public discourse. as i leave the senate, i feel i have to admit it feels like we re losing the war for truth. and maybe it s already lost. and if that s the case, if that s what happens, then we ve lost the ability to have the kinds of arguments that help build consensus. what is to be done.
victory, trump has spoken much more favorably. trump praised in a tweet after republican tax reform victory writing he could not have asked for a better or more talented partner. outgoing senator al franken took to the floor to make farewell address. criticized some of the policies of the trump administration and questioned whether there is still truth in politics today. as i leave the senate, i feel i have to admit it feels like we re losing the war for truth. and maybe it s already lost. and if that s the case, if that s what happens, then we have lost the ability to have kinds of argument that help build consensus. pomt politics is about the improvement of people s lives. the american people know that to be true. and they fill me with hope for
their only win in congress on any big issue this year. speaking of character and fitness for office, it is a conversation that the world is having and certainly we re seeing in congress. al franken just a short time ago went on the floor of the senate and he basically said good-bye. i want to play a little bit of what the soon to be former senator had to say. before i came to the senate, i was known as something of an obsessive on the subject of honesty in public discourse. as i leave the senate, i feel i have to admit it feels like we re losing the war for truth. maybe it s already lost. if that s the case, if that s what happens, then we lost the ability to have the kinds of arguments that help build consensus. politics is about the improvement of people s lives.
st try to strengthen the deal. build consensus with our european allies. i think the headliner is let s roll out a comprehensive policy to deal with iran s destructive behavior which i know jen and david and everybody agrees needs to be done. wu bu that wasn t what he announced today. he said he would rip up the deal, get rid of the deal. so what he created was a dangerous and wrereckless tight rope walk that puts members of congress and our allies and partners in a difficult spot. no one is suggesting it s giving us more leverage. and david, do you have seriously do you take the head of the iran s nuclear agency? saying that this was tantamount to a declaration of war and by that, i m referring specifically not to the president s decision about the deal itself, but his