Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"The insurance companies, from what I've understood and heard here today, continue to be a problem, a problem in the sense that they are still resistant to providing coverage in many instances."

"I'm very hopeful that the measure that I proposed and that Senator Gillibrand has co-sponsored and others around the country--it is a bipartisan coalition."

"Because it can be not only less useful or useless, but also potentially dangerous."

"Which in effect is a sham."