Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I actually think that if we don't act soon, we could decay into not just partisanship but inaction."

"I would hope that you would endorse that idea."

"there have to be teeth to it. There has to be a cop on the beat, a cop on the AI beat."

"these fears need to be addressed, and I think can be addressed, through many of the suggestions that you are making to us and others, as well."