Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Thank you for pursuing this profoundly important issue with such far-ranging consequences for both good and ill in our society."

"The fact that it does is why we are here today, right?"

"One of our justices once defined the right of privacy as the right to be left alone."

"One of the ironies is that almost every day in the headlines and in the news we read about what the NSA is doing in the collection and use of data about citizens in this country who are protected by t..."