Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"It will cast a shadow and a stain on Judge Kavanaugh, if he is confirmed, as a result of this broken process that shattered the norms."

"I believe Dr. Ford, this survivor. There's every reason to believe her. She has come forward knowing that she faces a nightmare of hostile and probably vicious scrutiny."

"But wouldn't you agree, Ms. Quigley, that the results of that investigation would be valuable to this committee, to our colleagues, in----"

"I wonder if you could tell the Committee how have existing fuel economy standards resulted in innovation within GE and the electric vehicle market?"