Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"What can be changed in those procurement policies, which have so handicapped other branches of government as well in similarly urgent tasks?"

"I want to shift a little bit in terms of modernization to one of the key challenges in my view, although it may not involve hardware in the most direct sense, and that is the downsizing of our force a..."

"I think all of us would agree."

"I think we have an obligation to compel the relevant agencies, principally OPM and anybody else concerned, to do better and to do more and to do it more quickly so that you can succeed in this task."