Richard Blumenthal

They are nihilists and anarchists. They want to shut down government.

The agency that's responsible for overseeing the safety of those kind of devices or equipment that hurt children is the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which is known colloquially as the CSPC.

Of course we do. We're hearing it now, but we've also been hearing it literally day after day, hour after hour, from our constituents.

I want to join in thanking the Chairman for having this hearing.

What is needed, I think my colleague would agree, is an end to the shutdown, reopening government--not for the sake of reopening the government but to provide these vital services and assurance that the United States of America, the…

In fact, I think statistics show more than a thousand children and their families are directly affected by this shutdown in Head Start alone. Seniors, in terms of nutritional assistance--I do not know whether my good friend and very…

I thank my colleague from Connecticut for those eloquent and very powerful remarks, and I will take advantage of his presence here to perhaps engage in a colloquy, if he agrees to doing so, asking him, because he spoke so wonderfully about…

Do you think this model is applicable to other infrastructure projects, such as rails, bridges, roads, and so forth?

The state of Connecticut--I know from personal experience, because I insisted on this point----

Thank you very, very much for having this hearing and for your leadership, Senator Warner, in advancing this idea of an infrastructure financing authority.

I would offer the term 'transforming' as a better way to describe what has happened at those rest areas.

The environmental risk, just so the Committee is fully informed, resulted from the contamination of the ground as a result of the previous gasoline----

Thank you for your leadership on marine and seafood sustainability in our Nation's waters and for conducting an important hearing on this matter.

And are you confident that, so far as the information on the fisheries are concerned, that the information you're receiving, either through the global sustainable seafood initiative or any other source, is accurate, or do you think there…

Appreciate all of you being here today.

I want to say how much I appreciate Sodexo's work for our military.

I never would want to cause the death of a child for a design and style issue.

I helped to adopt an amendment, lead an effort to adopt an amendment that essentially expedites the consideration by the FDA of new medical devices.

Thank you very much, Senator Whitehouse, and thank you for those very, very salient and important points.

Thank you, Dr. McLaughlin.

I think it has been very important, and I really want to thank all of those here for their insights.

Thank you, Senator Hatch.

I do not know anyone more dedicated to the rule of law than the Ranking Member of this Subcommittee, Orrin Hatch.

Safety should not be an option.

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 8:13 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 9:30 a.m…