Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Is it your testimony here today that those cars are as safe as any other car on the road today?"

"I have enormous admiration and respect for your career, what you have accomplished, and the leadership that you have provided to GM."

"I think it is pretty much incontrovertible that GM knew about this lethal safety defect, failed to correct it, and failed to tell its customers about it."

"If I came to you with the death of a young woman, who went to school not far from here, who was driving one of these cars unrepaired and was killed when her airbag was disabled because of this defect,..."