Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"But coming back to the recommendations for specific measures that might have prevented many of these incidents, my view is that we're behind. We've been lax and lagging and the question is why haven't..."

"I hope to fill his shoes, in part, and thank my colleagues for joining me this morning."

"I've said before, and I'll say it again here, that four people might be alive today if some of these recommendations, including cameras facing inward and outward, alerters, automatic train control, ha..."

"There's nothing Republican or Democratic about it."