Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"But wouldn't you agree with me that that maximum fine is wholly inadequate as a measure of their failure?"

"But you would support the legislation that I proposed to remove that cap and others on this committee have supported it as well?"

"I think that there has to be a more realistic attitude about what the real-life consequences are of the agency's performance."

"I don't think it was a shrug. I don't think it was a nod. I think it was a NHTSA snooze."