Richard Blumenthal actually said...

Thank you, very much, Madam Chairwoman and I cannot thank you enough for having this hearing, which is not only timely, but to use Senator C...

I would like to begin by asking Ms. Owens a couple of questions, particularly focused on discrimination against unemployed people.

If we can't get the business community voluntarily to discontinue these practices, then Congress has a role to intervene.

I have proposed a measure that would prohibit discrimination against unemployed people simply because they are unemployed.