Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"My hope is that this Congress will also reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act."

"As much as I am in favor of reducing unnecessary and wasteful government spending, and we have to reduce the deficit, we have to reign in the debt, I think we need to do it in smart ways that are also..."

"One of the questions that really, I think, follows from that comment... what role do you think financial institutions can and should play in the detection of these kinds of problems?"

"So I'm wondering whether more emphasis on culpability and prosecution would be worthwhile."