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Franken jokes about milking cows

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., usually avoids making jokes in the Senate, apparently out of fear that his background as a comedian and writer for Saturday Night Live will prevent people from taking him seriously.

But at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform today, he could not resist.

Franken said he is “most pleased” that it will make seasonal farm worker immigration visas year-round.

“You can’t milk cows seasonally,” Franken said. “You could, but you’d get very uncomfortable cows.”