Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"the record will reflect that at least two of the witnesses are nodding in approval about greater transparency from our own government."

"The idea is that when a foreign government, and not just the government, but as we have talked about, if it is an instrumentality of the government, it is operating as an agent of the government, the ..."

"The potential for its investment in other media companies is pretty frightening."

"They are trying to create that image so that as policymakers go about their work, there is an obfuscation about what Saudi Arabia is really about."