Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I applaud your meteoric rise--within limits."

"The President has done nothing wrong and you do not have to run home and look up the statute."

"I have advocated a public advocate to defend and advocate constitutional liberties in the course of this secret proceeding."

"I want to ask you, finally, in the time that I have, about one of the criticisms that has been made of the Department of Justice in its allegedly too-lenient treatment of certain corporate defendants."