Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I accept and I applaud that comment, and I agree completely with it that they ought to be viewed as consumers in those other contexts as well."

"It strikes me when we try to take the high-altitude long view of this, we are talking about access to our government."

"I understand that innocent players are hurt by the costs of having to defend what are regarded as frivolous lawsuits."

"This is clearly high-stakes legal poker when we are talking about this."