Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Thanks, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for having this hearing on a really important topic that has national implications, I think in every state in the country."

"There really is a common goal here."

"the goal here is to go beyond meeting the immediate, as you say, the urgent apparent need that may be on the streets right now, but to provide a more permanent solution, and that is the goal here, an ..."

"I joined in the lawsuit. I supported it."