Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"The performance under this program ahead of schedule, under budget, consistently, and reliably is another extraordinary circumstance."

"If there is a way to avoid the budget spike in cost that right now has caused the delay, if there is some accounting or legislative language that could be devised, I'm very eager to join with Senator ..."

"We live, as you put it, in extraordinary times, and we are facing extraordinary challenges."

"At times our Supreme Court gets it wrong, which is why we exhort this Congress and this Senate to step in."