Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I would suggest to you that the jurisdictional question ought to be resolved very simply and starkly. If a company manufactures drugs, you regulate them now, do you not?"

"I'm suggesting to you that the jurisdiction ought to be asserted as widely and effectively as possible and that there be no ambiguity in the law as there is now."

"Your job--and it is uniquely and always the job of the Federal Government to establish standards that protect the public health and safety where there is a national impact."

"So if I can sort of distill your answer into one sentence, the answer to the question depends on the plan document currently."