Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"One of the central challenges of our time is becoming the potential threats posed by the Internet, such as data brokers, terrorist recruitment, Russia's continued interference in our elections."

"One of our challenges is to reveal it fully and the way that it is using private confidential information--in fact, monetizing it--for its own self-purposes."

"I have been frustrated by Facebook's apparent reluctance to be more transparent to the American public about what it knows, where it acquires information, and what it uses it for."

"I'm concerned that the Federal agencies with a role... are not doing enough to protect our privacy and our democracy."