Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I would suggest to you that the jurisdictional question ought to be resolved very simply and starkly. If a company manufactures drugs, you regulate them now, do you not?"

"Clearly, serious, egregious violations of basic standards were found by your inspectors in 2008 and then again in 2010."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to pursue, Mr. Chairman, your questions at the very outset here about the Ameridose matter."

"I'm suggesting to you that the jurisdiction ought to be asserted as widely and effectively as possible and that there be no ambiguity in the law as there is now."