Richard Blumenthal

People have talked about an accelerated remedy. This is more than just making it go faster.

Our maximum penalty is $35 million. We are looking for $300 million.

Just one Senator's opinion, I hope you will move more quickly.

I very much appreciate that commitment.

The problem with these voluntary standards is that they are like children who lack teeth.

Senators Durbin, Ranking Member Nelson and I introduced the Detergent Packs Act of 2015, which would require the CPSC to set standards to make detergent pods less attractive to children.

I am still troubled that the spokesperson in that article says your agency 'Is not investigating further because they do not have the resources.'

I want to come back to artificial turf because as much as we pursue the consumer danger de jour...

I do not think we can move much more slowly at this point.

Consumer protection should be, has been, and will be a bipartisan issue.

A user fee is well precedented in our experience as a means of paying for this kind of program.

Who would have thought that now years after lead paint was first found to be a problem for children, we would still be talking about it as a potential danger to our children.

I think you have answered it well, particularly in light of Commissioner Robinson's very important testimony about gathering and analyzing data and the need for more transparency and facts when we view and evaluate the effectiveness of a…

I think it will help save lives.

These challenges are of absolutely critical importance to the health and safety of our nation.

I have no question, none, about the constitutionality of this system.

I find completely unacceptable about delay and nonfeasance, as I have said repeatedly.

Well, if I were a rider listening to this testimony, I would be dumbfounded and outraged.

Congress should be and will be blamed if we postpone the deadline for 5 or 7 years as right now the proposal is to do.

We are a nation that put a man on the moon. We are operating a vehicle remotely on Mars, but our railroads have not yet implemented a technology that is existing, it is feasible and practical and affordable.

I would like a commitment from you that the FRA will, in fact, impose fines on railroads that have failed to implement positive train control if they fail to do so by 2015.

I think that is the basis for legislative change, is to broaden your authority so that enforcement can be more effective.

They are dressed up in new technology, but they are basically scams, con artists using a different technology.

I want to join in thanking the DAV for its support for women's health care, one of the great challenges of our time, increasingly important as more women become veterans.

I think that is the correct word of the failure of the two formularies, Department of Defense and Veterans Administration, to coordinate.