Chris Murphy actually said...

This small investment that we make at the Federal level saves an awful lot of money to the taxpayer at the State level.

the damage to the overall Federal Treasury, in the lost jobs, the lost tax revenue, the increased Medicaid costs, the increased unemployment...

So I understand the difficult tradeoffs you have to make, but we should all be cognizant of the consequences to U.S. national security.

This sort of has been a cause and crusade of mine for years, to put some teeth back into our Buy America requirements.