Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I would like you to commit, as Executive Vice President of this company, that Takata will establish a compensation fund, similar to the one that GM established."

"Well, I think that is a very genteel and nice way of saying you want a safe propellant and so you are going with a company that does not use ammonium nitrate. Correct?"

"I will give you information that is available to all of us, which is that your company explained that moisture could seep into the inflator and might cause the propellant to become more unstable."

"there is a lot of evidence that ammonium nitrate is a root cause and that there may well need to be a recall of the recalls and continuing problems."