Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I think we need to realize that, as I and others have said, including FDA/CTP Director Zeller, we are in a 'New Era'."

"So would you commit to come together and reach another master settlement agreement that provides for a ban on this type of inappropriate marketing?"

"I would agree to sit down to discuss how we effectively eliminate tobacco, but I would not sit down to discuss how I relinquish my first amendment rights and losing focus of the big picture; that we c..."

"Let us never forget, despite the fact that this hearing is on e-cigarettes, that the evil of tobacco and cigarette use remains as a primary cause of death and addiction in this country."