Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"They paid a price, a reputational price, as well as enormous costs to their business."

"I worked with Secretary of Defense Hagel to revise the rules and allow these veterans to petition to correct their records."

"Thank you, Chair Collins, and thanks to you and Senator McCaskill for having this hearing and beginning on such a profoundly important note."

"I do not mean in any way to cast aspersions on them, but there is a lot of potential here for making a difference by mandating reporting."