Richard Blumenthal said "Unfortunately, some of the ideas that we've seen proposed are, frankly, half-baked, harebrained notions that will never come to fruition." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 11, 2016

Unfortunately, some of the ideas that we've seen proposed are, frankly, half-baked, harebrained notions that will never come to fruition.

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Criticism of proposed rail plans deemed unrealistic.

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