Franken Gets Taste of Spotlight As He Prepares for Senate Inauguration
So, did you hear the one about the comedian who spent a whole day on Capitol Hill and told no jokes?
Democrat Al Franken arrived in Washington on Monday content to be as mundane in the Senate as he was brazen in his previous job as a "Saturday Night Live" performer.
Forget funny. Soon after he showed up in a Senate hallway with Majority Leader Harry Reid, Franken made clear his new schtick is serious senator from Minnesota.
"I think they'll get to used to the idea that I'm a senator, that I've kind of changed careers," Franken said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I just don't think it will take that long. They'll see what I do and what I say. Mainly I'm going to put my head down and get to work."
Franken said his first order of business would be preparing for the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. He said he was meeting with "the best legal minds" in Minnesota to prepare for his role in the hearings.
"As someone who will have been in the committee a grand total of six days and isn't an attorney, I kind of see myself fulfilling a certain role for Americans watching the hearings," he said.
Franken also said he is looking forward to getting involved in health care legislation and wants to play a role in crafting legislation that contains costs.
"It is unsustainable the way we are going," he said.
Democrat Al Franken arrived in Washington on Monday content to be as mundane in the Senate as he was brazen in his previous job as a "Saturday Night Live" performer.
Forget funny. Soon after he showed up in a Senate hallway with Majority Leader Harry Reid, Franken made clear his new schtick is serious senator from Minnesota.
"I think they'll get to used to the idea that I'm a senator, that I've kind of changed careers," Franken said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I just don't think it will take that long. They'll see what I do and what I say. Mainly I'm going to put my head down and get to work."
Franken said his first order of business would be preparing for the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. He said he was meeting with "the best legal minds" in Minnesota to prepare for his role in the hearings.
"As someone who will have been in the committee a grand total of six days and isn't an attorney, I kind of see myself fulfilling a certain role for Americans watching the hearings," he said.
Franken also said he is looking forward to getting involved in health care legislation and wants to play a role in crafting legislation that contains costs.
"It is unsustainable the way we are going," he said.
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