Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"there is a huge gap between the goals and missions that we've outlined for the United States and the actual action that we're undertaking."

"Statement of Senator Blumenthal."

"American values are directly and inevitably linked to stopping human atrocities."

"We have only to look at the consequences of the Philadelphia tragedy to see the losses that can occur when our rails are shut down, $100 million a day to the Northeast region alone."