Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"The Navy correctly identifies... the difficulty of recruiting, retaining, and most importantly, training that defense industrial base."

"We've got to do it all because we are too small today."

"The fleet is being run into a shambles with less than half of the tactical fighters able to fly."

"Our commitment to NATO is based not just on the strength of specific allies in numbers of troops or tanks or planes, but on their will to defend themselves and their commitment to freedom."