Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Are we making progress? You know, are we making any strides in combating and fighting this disease?"

"The advisory committee giving patients and victims a seat at the table, giving them a voice to be heard, I think will help to increase awareness in the medical community."

"I am pleased to submit this testimony to the permanent record of the hearing of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee."

"The insurance companies, from what I've understood and heard here today, continue to be a problem, a problem in the sense that they are still resistant to providing coverage in many instances."