Richard Blumenthal actually said...

I am very pleased to call this hearing to order.

A law is a blunt and cumbersome instrument to work against it, but I hope that perhaps I can work with you in documenting the discrimination...

The urgency of this cause, I think, is no less, perhaps even more than it was when we last discussed it.

Ending homelessness by 2015 is one of your preeminent goals.