Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I don't think it was a shrug. I don't think it was a nod. I think it was a NHTSA snooze."

"Secretary Hagel, what is the plan for the Department of Defense (DOD) to end the partial mobilization of the Reserve components?"

"I want to thank you for committing to me, when we first met, that you would do the right thing, and then, in fact, doing the right thing."

"Your supposed watchdog agency had neither bark nor bite and, in fact, led consumers to have a false sense of security."