Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"In fact, the cost of incarcerating an individual is now in excess of what it costs to send a young person to college in many universities across the country."

"I would agree with you as a former State official that the States are really pioneering and spearheading some of the most innovative and important work in this area."

"Without empirical data demonstrating that there is a widespread problem that must be addressed through the rules, we stand at the precipice of changing the rules in a way that we know will have a part..."

"The lack of empirical data really concerns me because any of us who have practiced law have war stories and anecdotes and, you know, they can be used so misleadingly for changes or to resist change."