Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I would like to thank all of you for being here today and for your very helpful and informative testimony."

"Behind all of it, there is the danger of miscalculation, which is perhaps most frightening."

"Sending our fleet to exercises with Australia rather than to the area where we said they were going might undermine our credibility, correct?"

"Some want to loosen this requirement. They say that this is too demanding, making it hard to hire pilots."