Richard Blumenthal

What is the ideal procurement number for fiscal year 2018 on the F-35 for you?

I believe we would be naive to think this event is isolated to the Marine Corps and could not occur in the Army.

The Aviation Restructuring Initiative (ARI) was developed to economize the force while maintaining capability and utility

I want to thank again the Chairman of this Subcommittee, Senator Moran. And I also want to thank the Chairman of our Committee, Senator Thune.

But given the legal ability to do so, will you commit to holding the aiders and abettors accountable to the maximum degree you can?

I'm hoping that you will commit that the FTC will continue to pursue these cases by holding both individuals and companies that may have aided and abetted them accountable no matter how insulated or big they may be.

But we also need swifter enforcement, and severe and appropriate punishment, to effectively deter bad actors.

Thank you. A lot of consumers probably have no idea that new car dealers are prohibited from selling vehicles with open recalls, but used car dealers are free to do so, even though the defects can be deadly, and the recalls can be very…

Scams are a real hardship for individuals, but they're also a scourge on our economy, unfairly victimizing consumers.

I think we can all agree the best use of the FTC's resources is to pursue conduct and practices that cost Americans billions of dollars without any benefits.

I disagree with the FTC's proposed final orders against GM, Jim Koons, and Lithium Motors for their deceptive advertising actions.

I always teach FBI agents to follow the money, and have for 4 decades.

It is very important that we try to prevent that money getting in the wrong hands of people who are going to do a lot worse.

The type of scheme is as endless as the human imagination and often as frustrating as a Whack-A-Mole game.

Actually, Chief Justice Warren asked Justice Frankfurter to find an originalist justification for Brown.

The problem is with the theory that, if honestly applied, does not get there.

I do not believe it is, but you are the professor. So let me ask you.

I mentioned the distinction that there was in Judge Gorsuch's comments on the privacy cases versus Brown in the way that he acknowledged that the privacy cases were decisions of the Court, and he declined to say whether or not he thought…

The woman's right to privacy is a fundamental right for our ability to realize our full humanity and for us to participate in society as equal citizens.

The fact that this country has failed to stop the sale of such weapons and impose commonsense measures like universal background checks is absolutely reprehensible.

I will continue to work as hard and long as possible for common sense measures that will stop gun violence in this country.

I have never heard any United States Senator quote the Oxford dictionary for the meaning of a term. Never. Not once.

That purpose is not generic or ephemeral. It is urgent and important.

To regard a worker protection statute or the concept of health and safety as ephemeral and generic is, in my view, a gross understatement of the purpose of these laws.

The remarkable power imposed by OSHA was a $5,550 fine.