Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"We share a common concern with a disease that has really reached epidemic proportions."

"We want to make this hearing as inclusive as possible, both for the scientific community and for laymen and patients and so forth."

"Well, we could go on with each of you, and, altogether, you have been enormously helpful."

"To what extent do you think that climate disruption, the warming trends that have become more noticeable, contribute to the spread of the ticks and the disease?"