Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"My impression of this hearing is that there's a bit of a Kabuki dance."

"I think, to many of us--is that there is inadequate protection for travelers on cruise ships."

"Thank you, Madam Chairman. Thank you all for being here today."

"the system may work well in some ways, as you suggested, but it has put out of business many, many fishermen in the State of Connecticut"