Richard Blumenthal

There will be two rollcall votes at approximately 10:45 a.m. tomorrow. ____________________

I want to thank each of you for being here. Your testimony has been remarkably helpful and effective, and I will be calling on you again in the course of my work on this issue personally.

Hopefully it will improve and enhance the process, which, at the end of the day, gives people the trust and credibility in the system.

Unfortunately, I have got to--I am probably the only Senator at this point who has not voted, and I have to apologetically excuse myself to do so.

I think moving in this direction would not only be good for the credibility of the Court, but good for the ultimate justice of the outcome and protecting rights and liberties.

The applications that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court reviews, they are fact based.

I think that the proposal that I will be making in my legislation is very similar to the suggestion you have made.

We got rid of the independent counsel law precisely because we were uneasy about having private parties just make up their own public policy.

I have to express some doubts about the idea of appointing a counsel from outside the Government.

You cannot do intelligence in public because the targets are the most interested in how you do it.

I think it is important that there be some form of adversarial process, especially when these issues raise questions of constitutional interpretation or statutory interpretation that are new.

The FISA represents a brilliant compromise reached by the legislative branch in a constitutionally uncertain area.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to join in thanking the Chairman for this hearing and for his legislative proposal.

But going to Ms. Taylor, would Red Bull be willing to make a commitment that it would place a label on its product stating 'not recommended for consumers under 18 years old'?

I apologize that I have to leave to preside over the Senate. I am going to turn the questioning to Senator Markey for his final round and once again thank all the members of the panel for your cooperation and your information and testimony.

Well, you know this is an area where you know the old saying, 'A picture is worth a thousand words?'

Let me ask you, Ms. Taylor.

Would you all commit that you will not use 6- or 11-year olds or, in other words, anyone under 18 in any of your marketing or promotions?

Well, let me ask that one in particular. The commitment not to encourage or condone excessive or rapid consumption of energy drinks.

Which is why I am asking about 18-year-olds.

I want to say that I welcome the steps that you have taken...

I am quoting again from the letter.

Let me ask Mr. Sacks and Ms. Weiner, would you be willing to make the same commitments that Red Bull has made, most especially the commitment not to encourage or condone excessive or rapid consumption of energy drinks?

But again, looking to say that these drinks, from the view of the American Academy of Pediatrics, should never be consumed by children, and not just children, but by children and adolescents, which is what the AAP represents.

Energy drink products should not promote energy drinks for mixing with alcohol, nor should they market energy drinks to counter the effects of alcohol consumption.