Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"But your point, Mr. Permut, if I can just cut through what you just said, is that, essentially, there was no plan in this instance for the Mount Vernon substation, either Dunwoodie or Washington Stree..."

"Does that mean we're at the end of the economic line here? Long Island and New Jersey can make these investments, but we can't make these investments in New York to benefit the Connecticut line? That'..."

"I actually have supported the idea of improving our rail system so as to enable an hour trip from New Haven to New York and 45 minutes from Bridgeport to New York."

"Because you had the contract authority from Congress to get that money out of the trust fund, as you've talked about, Senator Blumenthal, we built it."