Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"To those who helped create this mess and now plan to flood the airwaves with misleading propaganda, I have just two words for you: Get real."

"I think there is some agreement that certain products should be banned."

"I agree with you wholeheartedly that this bill is a first draft; it needs refinement, it needs work."

"What has happened, Senator, and that question is a very good one, is that many nonbanking institutions have, in effect, invoked the shield by aligning themselves with national banks."