{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20160910212758/https://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3345", "Sen. Frankens Statement on Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsays Departure", "2015-12-18", "2015", "2015-12", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Al Franken", "F000457", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Today U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)issued the following statement on Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsay's acceptance of a new position as police chief of Wichita, Kansas:\"Chief Ramsay has been an incredible leader and asset to the Duluth community,\" said Sen. Franken. \"He has worked tirelessly to make Duluth a safer and more inclusive city. I've had the opportunity to work with Chief Ramsay on issues ranging from mental health to combatting synthetic drug use, and he was always insightful and engaged. Wichita is lucky to have him, and he will be missed in Minnesota.\"Sen. Franken has worked closely with Chief Ramsay on several issues throughout the years. Most recently, Chief Ramsay participated in a roundtable hosted by Sen. Franken on his Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFriday, December 18, 2015\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tToday U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)issued the following statement on Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsay's acceptance of a new position as police chief of Wichita, Kansas:\"Chief Ramsay has been an incredible leader and asset to the Duluth community,\" said Sen. Franken. \"He has worked tirelessly to make Duluth a safer and more inclusive city. I've had the opportunity to work with Chief Ramsay on issues ranging from mental health to combatting synthetic drug use, and he was always insightful and engaged. Wichita is lucky to have him, and he will be missed in Minnesota.\"Sen. Franken has worked closely with Chief Ramsay on several issues throughout the years. Most recently, Chief Ramsay participated in a roundtable hosted by Sen. Franken on his Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFriday, December 18, 2015\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tToday U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)issued the following statement on Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsay's acceptance of a new position as police chief of Wichita, Kansas:\"Chief Ramsay has been an incredible leader and asset to the Duluth community,\" said Sen. Franken. \"He has worked tirelessly to make Duluth a safer and more inclusive city. I've had the opportunity to work with Chief Ramsay on issues ranging from mental health to combatting synthetic drug use, and he was always insightful and engaged. Wichita is lucky to have him, and he will be missed in Minnesota.\"Sen. Franken has worked closely with Chief Ramsay on several issues throughout the years. Most recently, Chief Ramsay participated in a roundtable hosted by Sen. Franken on his Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block8\" class=\"lyt-block block-press_release\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-lyt-dates\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFriday, December 18, 2015\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bd record-bd\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Today U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)</span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;\"></strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">issued the following statement on Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsay's acceptance of a new position as police chief of Wichita, Kansas:<br /></span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><br /><strong>\"Chief Ramsay has been an incredible leader and asset to the Duluth community</strong>,\" said Sen. Franken. <strong>\"He has worked tirelessly to make Duluth a safer and more inclusive city. I've had the opportunity to work with Chief Ramsay on issues</strong></span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong> </strong></span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>ranging from mental health to combatting synthetic drug use, and he was always insightful and engaged. Wichita is lucky to have him, and he will be missed in Minnesota.\"<br /></strong></span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong><br /></strong>Sen. Franken has worked closely with Chief Ramsay on several issues throughout the years. Most recently, Chief Ramsay participated in a roundtable hosted by Sen. Franken on his Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act&#8212a bill that just recently passed the Senate&#8212in Duluth. Sen. Franken also worked with Chief Ramsay on combatting the synthetic drug problem in Duluth and public safety issues, such as lifting the ban on logging trucks traveling through Duluth.</span></span></span></span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">###</span></span></span></span></p>\n<p></p></div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<a href='https://twitter.com/share' class='twitter-share-button' data-count='horizontal'>Tweet</a>\n\t\t<script type='text/javascript' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js'></script></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"right\" class=\"grid_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"right-r1\" class=\"lyt-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"right-r1c1\" class=\"alpha lyt-col grid_5 globalright\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block1\" class=\"lyt-block block-misc\"><!--googleoff:all--><div id='recent_news' class='gold_block'>\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"block-misc-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAl in the News\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-summaries zebra \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"list-item first\" id=\"list-item-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"/?p=news&id=3533\">WCCO: Labor Secretary Tours U.S. Bank Stadium</a></h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"options\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"/?p=news&id=3533\"><span class=\"list-item-action continue\"><a href=\"/?p=news&id=3533\"></a></span></a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t</li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"list-item\" id=\"list-item-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"/?p=news&id=3530\">Duluth News Tribune: Community breaks ground on new Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School</a></h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"options\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"/?p=news&id=3530\"><span class=\"list-item-action continue\"><a href=\"/?p=news&id=3530\"></a></span></a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t</li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"list-item last\" id=\"list-item-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"/?p=news&id=3528\">International Falls Journal: Hard work pays off</a></h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"options\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"/?p=news&id=3528\"><span class=\"list-item-action continue\"><a href=\"/?p=news&id=3528\"></a></span></a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t</li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t</ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ft\"><div class=\"tube\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t</div><!--googleon:all--></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--googleoff:all--><div id=\"related_news\" class=\"sb-tabs yui-navset yui-navset-top\"><div class=\"hd\"><ul class=\"yui-nav\"><li class=\"t1 selected\"><a href=\"#recent_news1\" title=\"news\" class=\"fancy_font\"><em>News</em></a></li><li class=\"t2\"><a href=\"#recent_news2\" title=\"Hot Topics\" class=\"fancy_font\"><em>Hot Topics</em></a></li><li class=\"t3\"><a href=\"#recent_news3\" title=\"Press Releases\" class=\"fancy_font\"><em>Releases</em></a></li></ul></div><div class=\"bd yui-content\"><div class=\"block-news\"><p class='none'>There are no related items at this time.</p></div><!--googleon:all-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--googleoff:all--><div class=\"block-blogs\"><p class='none'>There are no related items at this time.</p></div><!--googleon:all-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--googleoff:all--><div class=\"block-press_releases\"><p class='none'>There are no related items at this time.</p></div></div><div class=\"ft\"><div class=\"tube\"></div></div></div><script>YAHOO.util.Dom.addClass(\"body\", \"yui-skin-sam\"); var tabRelNews = new YAHOO.widget.TabView(\"related_news\"); </script><!--googleon:all-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block5\" class=\"lyt-block block-misc\"><div id='newsletter'><div class='block-misc'><div class='hd'><h2><a href='/?p=newsletter'>Email Updates from Al</a></h2></div><div class='bd'>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<form id=\"nl_quick\" name=\"nl_quick\" action=\"/?p=newsletter&type=nlQuick\" method=\"post\" onSubmit=\"return nlQuick(this);\">\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"newsletter_action\" value=\"subscribe\" />\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"messageSubject\" value=\"Newsletter Subscription\">\n\t<input id=\"nlq-email\" type=\"input\" name=\"email\" value=\"Email\" class=\"swap_value\" /><input \n\t\tid=\"nlq-zip\" type=\"input\" name=\"zip\" value=\"ZIP\" class=\"swap_value\" /><input \n\t\tid=\"nlq-submit\" type=\"image\" class=\"img\" name=\"signup\" src=\"/images/clear.gif\" value=\"Sign up\" />\n</form>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t</div><div class='ft'></div></div></div></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id='contact_al'><div class='block-misc'><div class='hd'><h2><a href='/?p=contact'>Contact Al</a></h2></div><div class='wrap'>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bd record-bd\"><ul>\n<li class=\"first\"><a class=\"btn ca-ea\" href=\"/?p=email_al\"><span>Tell me what you think</span></a></li>\n<!--\n<li class=\"first fullwidth\"><a class=\"btn ca-ea\" href=\"/?p=email_al\" mce_href=\"/?p=email_al\"><span><img src=\"images/icons/envelope.gif\" mce_src=\"images/icons/envelope.gif\" alt=\"Envelope\" width=\"25\" height=\"24\" />Email Al on an Issue</span></a></li>\n-->\n<li><a class=\"btn ca-cs\" href=\"/?p=casework#casework4\"><span>Request Al's Help</span></a></li>\n<li><a class=\"btn ca-oo\" href=\"/?p=offices\"><span>Our Offices</span></a></li>\n<li><a class=\"btn ca-vd\" href=\"/?p=visiting_washington\"><span>Visit DC</span></a></li>\n<li><a class=\"btn ca-ba\" href=\"/?p=breakfast\"><span>Breakfast with Al</span></a></li>\n<li><a class=\"btn ca-fa\" href=\"/?p=issues\"><span>Al on the Issues</span></a></li>\n<!--\n<li><a class=\"btn ca-ar\" href=\"/?p=appropriations\" mce_href=\"/?p=appropriations\"><span>Appropriations Requests</span></a></li>\n-->\n<li><a class=\"btn ca-mr\" href=\"/?p=meeting_request\"><span>Meeting Request</span></a></li>\n<li><a class=\"btn ca-in\" href=\"/?p=internships\"><span>Internships</span></a></li>\n<li><a class=\"btn ca-sa\" href=\"/?p=service_academy\"><span>Service Academies</span></a></li>\n<li class=\"last\"><a class=\"btn ca-fr\" href=\"/?p=flag_request\"><span>Flag Requests</span></a></li>\n</ul></div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class='clear'></div></div><div class='ft'><div class='tube'><a class='btn btn-youtube' href='https://www.youtube.com/SenatorFranken' title='View Videos of Al on YoutTube'>YouTube</a><a class='btn btn-flickr' href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/senatorfranken/' title='View Videos of Al on Flickr'>Flickr</a></div></div></div></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block7\" class=\"lyt-block block-misc\"><div id='social_media'><div class='tube'>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t <a class='btn btn-youtube' href='https://www.youtube.com/SenatorFranken' title='View Videos of Al on YoutTube'>YouTube</a><a class='btn btn-flickr' href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/senatorfranken/' title='View Videos of Al on Flickr'>Flickr</a></div></div></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container_16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"offices\" class=\"office_bg office_bg_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hd\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"/images/clear.gif\" width=\"710\" height=\"243\" 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coords=\"87,73,88,37,106,43,117,38,172,58,209,55,217,61,145,106,142,124,129,139,134,148,127,150,113,147,111,137,120,137,122,121,101,118,104,82\" title=\"Duluth\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onMouseOver=\"javascript:setMap('4')\" />\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<area shape=\"poly\" coords=\"23,126,63,124,62,115,86,117,86,101,103,100,102,84,84,73,85,36,72,15,63,14,63,25,5,26,17,105\" title=\"NW Mobile\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onMouseOver=\"javascript:setMap('5')\" />\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</map>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"office_4\" class=\"office\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Duluth Office</strong><br />515 W 1st St<br />Suite 104<br />Duluth, MN 55802<br />(218) 722-2390</p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"office_5\" class=\"office\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Moorhead Office</strong><br /> 819 Center Avenue<br /> Suite 2A<br /> Moorhead, MN 56560<br /> (218) 284-8721</p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"office_1\" class=\"office\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Rochester Office</strong><br />1202-1/2 7th Street NW<br />Suite 213<br />Rochester, MN 55901<br />(507) 288-2003</p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"office_2\" class=\"office\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Saint Paul Office </strong><br />60 East Plato Blvd <br />Suite 220 <br />Saint Paul, MN 55107 <br />(651) 221-1016</p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"office_3\" class=\"office\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>West Central Mobile Office</strong></p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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