Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"when voluntary agreements fail to provide for compliance, it seems to me that is the classic instance, assuming that the public interest is involved, where a law is appropriate."

"I find it somewhat alarming that the keystone to our air superiority for the next decades can be so easily, in effect, reproduced, by the Chinese in so short a period of time."

"the burden of proof, in effect, is on the argument that there should be no competition."

"I was thinking the last gold rush was by horse-drawn wagon, so we have come a long way, although our ultimate aspirations may be very similar."