Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"And nobody has ever suggested that a criminal, a convicted felon or a fugitive or a drug addict or someone seriously mentally ill, dangerous to himself or others, or a domestic violence abuser has a f..."

"I think many of us on this Committee are aware, but maybe not most Americans, that you often know that a crime has been committed, and you know who has committed it, but you need more than that knowle..."

"None of them is absolute."

"I am very concerned, as my colleagues have said, about the effect on our defense industrial base."