Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I called for a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice with great reluctance and regret."

"While they are on the books, they have a very practical impact on women's lives and a very severely restrictive impact on their legal rights and a very invasive and intrusive consequence for their exe..."

"These laws are unwarranted, and they are unfair."

"These regulations are in effect a pernicious charade, and one of the purposes that I see in this hearing is to remove the patina of respectability."