Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"And imposing the costs of a breach on the one responsible, the one who can do something about it, also seems pretty basic."

"Salvaged parts, inferior or even counterfeit parts certainly raise safety concerns. And often, those kind of parts involved in this practice of steering. And that's why I have been concerned for years..."

"Longer term, the success of Afghanistan as a country is really dependent on the political factors and the social and economic factors that are hopefully supported and promoted by the American presence..."

"And notification is kind of a basic minimum common denominator of what all of us should favor."