Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I think it is pretty much incontrovertible that GM knew about this lethal safety defect, failed to correct it, and failed to tell its customers about it."

"To be precise, the shortfall is $150 million?"

"Isn't this point a weakness in the authorization or appropriation process, to potentially put the entire ORP at risk because of this anomaly or idiosyncrasy in budgeting?"

"If I came to you with the death of a young woman, who went to school not far from here, who was driving one of these cars unrepaired and was killed when her airbag was disabled because of this defect,..."