Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"We are here to listen to you, not so much to talk."

"I want to thank the VA for its support in efforts that I and others have made to correct the records of veterans of past wars."

"I want to say that I hope that we will continue to be of a mind that this health care system is in crisis."

"I want to thank Secretary Hagel for now initiating a new era when those records can be corrected."