Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal used his five minutes of televised question time of Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford to thank the witness for her courage and to lambaste President Donald Trump and Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans for their lack of action in investigating claims of sexual assault.

“You have given America an amazing teaching moment,” Blumenthal said directly to Ford, adding that she may have inspired students as a teacher, “but you have inspired and enlightened America. You have inspired and given courage to women to come forward,” to Senate offices with stories of abuse and assault. “You have inspired and enlightened men in America to listen respectfully to women survivors, and men who have survived sexual attack, and that is a profound public service.”