Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this hearing."

"But should we simply disregard the normal antitrust analysis here?"

"In the ordinary antitrust analysis, that would bespeak lack of significant competition."

"My concern is that your argument or justification for the merger seems to depend on asserting that antitrust principles and precedent such as we would apply to almost any other industry simply should ..."