Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I am not satisfied that it is sufficiently strong so far to provide credibility and trust on the part of policymakers and, equally important, the awarders of funds, Federal funds, taxpayer moneys that..."

"I want to thank you for the distribution center that you have in Windsor, CT, which has employed 40 percent of its workforce with people with disabilities."

"It is unconscionable and unacceptable and intolerable, in our society, that we permit so many of our senior citizens to be victims of this kind of abuse."

"And I think one of the problems--if I can just interject--is that very often those background checks relate only to the State where that person is working."