Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"It is a significant concern."

"I want to focus on Iran."

"But when we complain about the Iranians--and all of us probably in this room would agree with you that they are the major destabilizing influence in that area--we are talking as much about the Russian..."

"their conduct there has been destabilizing--the word you used was 'destabilizing'--and abnormal."