Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Your testimony is really powerful on the issue not only of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation but also the threats of violence and hate crimes."

"Senator Hirono and I have helped to lead hate crimes legislation, which actually has taken as one of its principal causes to stop exactly this kind of violence."

"To put it very simply, our enforcement mechanisms are being starved?"

"We need to confront the broken system that currently is our immigration legal apparatus."