Richard Blumenthal actually said...

As a matter of fact, as Attorney General, I took legal action because this system is such a failure, an abject failure, over many years in upholding the very interests that you have expressed in your testimony.

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Blumenthal criticizes the system's failure to protect interests related to fishing regulations.

07/22/2013

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