Richard Blumenthal

I'm very proud of the safety expertise and background that you will bring to the Board of the National Transportation Safety Board

You will commit that NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation will begin an investigation, yes?

Would you agree with me that this design flaw is a defect that should be repaired in every individual not only because of carbon monoxide poisoning, but also the dangers of rollovers and other potential deaths or injuries that may result…

Make no mistake: I am strongly in support of Positive Train Control technology, and my record as the Nation's rail safety regulator speaks for itself.

I regard it as a design flaw and it's potentially fixed very easily, virtually costlessly, less than $5 a car.

As you are aware, the New York Times has reported that there have been at least, I underscore at least, 28 deaths and 45 injuries linked to carbon monoxide poisoning due to these keyless ignition systems.

This incident raised many safety issues.

Why should Americans be guaranteed less privacy than Europeans?

Well, we may not be sure what it means in all places, but we know about the general principles.

This issue is so widespread, it does not admit of rhetorical solutions. There have to be real interventions in the marketplace somehow.

I want to start by thanking Senators Collins and Casey for holding a hearing on the increasingly high cost of insulin, and the higher cost of individuals struggling to gain access to it.

We love to talk about free enterprise and free markets, and yet the price of insulin and many other generics has risen astronomically without adequate explanation.

The Trump Administration has threatened to eliminate about half of all highly protected areas in America's oceans, the largest ever rollback of ocean protections in the history of the United States

I'm pretty alarmed that the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2019 slashes funding to NOAA by about 20 percent or $1 billion.

The idea that you pose challenges, I think, is a profound euphemism for what's really at stake here

I'm proud of the work that I did and others joined me to persuade the Obama Administration to create the first-ever Marine Monument in the Atlantic Ocean.

He should receive a hearing as long as the White House does the work of investigating these claims.

The President himself hired Rex Tillerson because he looked the part.

There is an abject failure of vetting in this White House.

This nominee is rapidly becoming doomed by the administration's own stonewalling.

These very profoundly serious allegations add to -- really important questions that have been raised, serious and significant questions about his integrity and qualifications for this job.

These are raw allegations, they're trying to figure out exactly if there's any factual basis to them.

But would you support the ROBOCOP bill?

If the Do Not Call Registry is working, why do I receive hundreds, maybe thousands of calls, from my constituents saying, 'I'm on the Do Not Call list, but I'm continuing to receive calls'?

I take it the three of you would support the ROBOCOP bill that I've introduced that would require phone companies to provide more effective tools.