Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Why does VA have no time measure for appeals?"

"I am troubled to find is that, unless I am wrong, the average length of appeals has actually increased by about 7 percent since March."

"I want to call attention to the effort that has been made with respect to veterans of previous wars..."

"Increasingly prevalent among our veteran community is the invisible wounds of Post Traumatic Stress often linked to suicide, unfortunately though not always."