Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I think there is some agreement that certain products should be banned."

"I agree with you wholeheartedly that this bill is a first draft; it needs refinement, it needs work."

"What has happened, Senator, and that question is a very good one, is that many nonbanking institutions have, in effect, invoked the shield by aligning themselves with national banks."

"Stronger consumer protection could have stopped this crisis before it started."