Those who remember NBC's Saturday Night Live of the early 1990s undoubtedly recall Al Franken, who, after serving as both a cast mem-ber and writer for the show, has since become a U.S. Senator from Minnesota. And though Franken indeed looked (and acted) every bit a senator in his pinstripe suit and freshly polished wingtips, it was still a surreal moment for me in April 2013 when he slid quietly into a seat in the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee chamber and began mulling over several pieces of legislation that could have significant impacts on the future of the American hydropower industry.
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