Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Even with the supposed availability of the VA as a source of treatment, we had in Connecticut just within the past week a marine who came back from Afghanistan and tragically took his own life after s..."

"we do not need to mandate new rules on them. We just need them to be more transparent with adhering to the rules that we have put before them"

"In fact, the cost of incarcerating an individual is now in excess of what it costs to send a young person to college in many universities across the country."

"I cannot recommend her highly enough to be Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning at the VA."