Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"We are here at a moment of tremendous promise and peril for our Nation's transportation system."

"a lot of riders have lost trust and confidence, not only in the railroad, but also in the enforcement authority of the FRA"

"the $5,000 penalty, under those circumstances of neglect, the severity of the consequences, the seriousness of the safety violations, is atrociously inadequate as a measure of what happened here."

"I think one of the problems we can agree--and maybe this is an issue that pertains to all your agencies--is the resources available for enforcement."