Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"To state it succinctly, you receive no Federal or State funds for the operation of your office?"

"Plain and simple, the current system is abysmally inadequate. It is like Swiss cheese, riddled with gaps and holes that permit and, in fact, enable, sometime even encourage over-prescription, deadly o..."

"At least you will have my commitment to pursue it and I hope it will be a bipartisan initiative because this kind of coordination of information is really essential to protecting veterans."

"As a practicing physician, I can assure you, nothing could be further from the truth."