Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I welcome that directive or policy change."

"The so-called digital divide really threatens to become a digital chasm or canyon, as access to this really critical service diminishes as people become faced with the inability to pay for it."

"Access to broadband is every bit as important today as the availability of phone service was 30 years ago."

"Defending this vital lifeline--it really is a lifeline--I think ought to attract unanimity from this panel and from the U.S. Senate."