Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I would like a commitment from you that you will meet the 2018 deadline, and that Metro-North will have positive train control implemented, in operation, by then."

"I was really alarmed... by the GAO report, which said that there was a risk... of two-thirds of the commuter railroads failing to meet those deadlines."

"The conclusion of the indictment is that they were, in fact, pushing for Donald Trump predominantly. They were, in fact, seeking to disparage -- that's the indictment's term Hillary Clinton."

"That kind of approach will eventually rebut and refute these politically motivated, reprehensible attacks on the Department of Justice and the FBI."