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 ..."

"We do America a disservice if we do not evaluate it accordingly, especially given that censorship and the silencing of dissidents is part of the Saudi business playbook."

"There has been a reference here to a number of acronyms, FARA, CFIUS. The requirements of CFIUS apply to national security threats."