Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I think we have an obligation to compel the relevant agencies, principally OPM and anybody else concerned, to do better and to do more and to do it more quickly so that you can succeed in this task."

"What can be changed in those procurement policies, which have so handicapped other branches of government as well in similarly urgent tasks?"

"The success of this very, very important national priority depends on having the best and the brightest."

"I think all of us would agree."