Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Our nation has been laggard and lax in making sufficient investments."

"So my belief--and I think a rational person would conclude--is that the fact that this cable was 6 years beyond its normal design life was a contributing factor, if not the cause, of perhaps its deter..."

"Connecticut and the Northeast deserve a fair share."

"Wouldn't it have been a better practice either to have a backup or at least to have a plan?"