Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I want to first just mention the elephant in the room, which is the potential hurdles and obstacles to approval of this budget in the potential gridlock and paralysis in the budget process overall."

"Connecticut, I am very delighted to say, is at the forefront of that effort, in fact, announced just last week that we have ended homelessness for veterans in Connecticut."

"These decisions ought to be fact-based and founded in good science, but clearly in the real world what is happening is unacceptable because fishermen are losing livelihoods and people are losing food ..."

"these fishermen are throwing overboard tons of fish that are dead when they hit the water."