Richard Blumenthal

I'd like to ask you, Mr. Millikin, will you recommend to Ms. Barra that GM join me and others, including the former prosecutor, in calling on the Governor of Texas to pardon Ms. Anderson?

Will you agree to waive the immunity shield, the absolute barrier to people suing GM in court because of the shield that was granted during a bankruptcy proceeding that, in fact, involved potentially fraud by GM on the courts and the…

I hope you will consider extending the fund.

That would be his decision?

The key to safety, in my view, is taking these cars off the road, not taking keys off the chain.

I particularly want to thank Senator Blumenthal and his staff. They provided some valuable, constructive suggestions as to what this protocol should look like.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:24 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at 9:30 a.m…

This agreement sets up as many as three rollcall votes tomorrow: at 10:15 a.m. a cloture vote on the White nomination; at 12:20 p.m. a vote on confirmation of the White nomination, if cloture is invoked; and at 2:10 p.m. a cloture vote on…

There is an empty desk where the buck should stop and I think that situation has to be remedied as soon as possible

I think one of the unexplored areas here has been the potential for retaliation against whistleblowers.

I called for a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice with great reluctance and regret.

I have found that there simply have been no answers to some of the questions that I have posed in letters to the agency

There has to be accountability for what is done in the past, but also a change in leadership

I would like a commitment from you that the agency will respond to my inquiries in writing as soon as you are able to do so

Well, just two points, if that is not the solution, I would like to know what is.

When consumers look at the market today, ... they see more mergers, more consolidations, less choice.

But online video is still a very young service and still very vulnerable to threats from large entrenched companies.

That phenomenon especially affects sports programming, and that is why I have joined with Senator McCain in championing the Television Consumer Freedom Act.

Our legislation would give consumers more choice, on the theory ... when there is true competition, they actually affect market outcomes.

To continue taking advantage of Federal policies that protect their business models, companies have to provide consumers with more choices.

It is really a common sense solution to the serious dangers associated with private ownership of wild animals such as lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs and more.

Incredibly, even in the 21st century, even in the United States of America, this problem is real and serious.

There are at least 10,000 big cats currently in private ownership around the country.

Think about it: more captive tigers in the United States than in the wild.

In fact, a number of the regulations that have been claimed to be struck down by this legislation the Act specifically says would not be affected.