Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Unfortunately, you made the point, I agree, that very often bureaucracies devote more time and effort and ingenuity to denying claims than enabling them."

"In this instance, it is almost criminally overdue because Congress and the country have simply chosen to look the other way."

"I understand from the BVA that this type of cancer is rare in the civilian population, but it is ten times more common among Vietnam era veterans and currently is not being considered for an epidemiol..."

"Would you, therefore, think it is important and necessary to approve Senate Bill 2081, which, in effect, extends this authority for an additional 15 years?"