Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I know that you would not want to be here right now. But I know also, as you have told me, and Dr. Begg has, from the beginning of this tragedy and as recently as Sunday night and yesterday, that you ..."

"Is 20 babies enough to say these implements should not be so easily distributed?"

"You need criminal background checks so that you can know... how to keep these weapons... out of the hands of people who should not have them."

"I want to begin by thanking you, Madam Chairman, for your courage over many years, your consistent advocacy for this assault weapon ban."