Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"The numbers are generally improving. We have month-to-month variations, but over time the unemployment rate for veterans overall has been below the national average for unemployment."

"We are committed to it, and we await the Department of Defense's signaling to us that we have agreement here."

"Unemployment among veterans is one of my major and paramount concerns."

"I thank the President for increasing the resources available to our veterans in a very difficult time, fiscally."