Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Thanks, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to you and Ranking Member Thune for having this hearing on a profoundly important issue."

"When a freight train railroad network breaks down, it affects not only the movement of important goods--and a number of my colleagues have described how important it is--but it keeps real people and t..."

"What should we be doing to support additional infrastructure, which I consider to be the challenge of our time?"

"I want to say that I hope that we will continue to be of a mind that this health care system is in crisis."