WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), spoke on the Senate Floor to demand accountability for the lawless actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal immigration agents.

"The American people can be forgiven for wanting to turn off their computers or TVs and feeling a sense of abhorrence and repulsion at what they are seeing again and again and again, as the video of Renee Good's killing is replayed for them. What it shows is a horrific tragedy," said Blumenthal. "Americans have a right to be repulsed by these videos and outraged, angry but also sad...