Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"The proposed budget cuts the Department of Homeland Security's Port Security Grant funding program from $100 million to $93 million."

"The proposed budget raises a number of concerns for me--and I'm sure it does for others who have critical assets in their state that need to be protected from terrorist threats."

"I can attest to the fact that nobody on this side of the United States Senate wears a Blue Star."

"There will be an increase somewhere in that group."