Richard Blumenthal

The president has to be interviewed.

It's certainly very powerful and credible evidence of malign and corrupt intent, which is an element of obstruction of justice.

Well, it makes sense to a point.

Would I be correct in assuming that the answer to you was, in effect, that's the whole purpose of the policy, to inflict pain so as to deter asylum seekers from coming here, correct?

I think that's important to establish.

The American people really deserve answers to some of these questions rather than it being in a closed, completely private, off-the-record environment

The closed setting in the Judiciary Committee, in my view, was completely inadequate

I recognize you're only one member of the Board--to make sure it happens on Metra North and the MTA in my part of the country.

I hope that you agree with me that it is an essential, potentially lifesaving technology that should be installed by all railroads meeting the December 31 deadline.

I think bringing on Ken Hylander as the new Executive Vice President to focus on instituting a safety management system was one of the best changes that could have been made for Amtrak.

I think Amtrak actually has been successful since 2007 in reducing its debt by about 60 percent.

I think priority one is safety.

Make no mistake, that evidence is powerful in implicating Trump and Cohen in a criminal conspiracy.

It is a potential bombshell, not only because Allen Weisselberg in effect has the keys to the Trump financial kingdom, he knows where all the bodies are buried, but it shows clearly that the prosecutors here are, in fact, following the…

And a potential fraud investigation, other kinds of violations. But the agreement to work in concealing -- work together in concealing the potential deception of the government is certainly a violation of the campaign finance laws, if…

The effort to impeach Rod Rosenstein shows again folks are becoming increasingly worried and desperate about how the Department of Justice is in fact closing in on the Trump financial matters.

I think we can agree that we need more spectrum.

Do they need to merge in order to have that spectrum?

Do they have spectrum, each of them, presently, as they promised they did earlier this year?

I join in thanking you and the Ranking Member for having this hearing.

You have a moral obligation but you also have a legal obligation.

The Olympic community failed the athletes that it was supposed to protect.

I regret that we're at this point in the testimony where there are differences in factual accounts.

I told the survivors this morning that I had a lot of questions, but I warned that we had only limited amounts of time.

I will not tolerate silencing of any sexual abuse victims.