Richard Blumenthal: “I offer my own concluding remarks by saying that Senator Whitehouse earlier referred to our failure. He characterized it…”

“I offer my own concluding remarks by saying that Senator Whitehouse earlier referred to our failure. He characterized it as a failure to accomplish legislation during the last session of Congress. Senators Blunt and Graham were very instrumental in that effort, and I was proud to work with them. But that failure had consequences in alerting the executive branch and galvanizing their will to act. So I would not say it was completely without consequence or benefit. I hope we will actually be successful during this session in passing legislation that is so important to moving the Federal Government even further in a direction where it should be going.”