Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"He called this assignment--I am quoting him--an extreme measure----"

"Continuous production was authorized for the Columbia-class common missile compartment, which allows the industrial base to continue manufacturing that component."

"I would just like to tell you that Ms. Stiller christened the USS Mississippi, one of the more recent Virginia attack submarines, in a dramatic show of force."

"I hope that we can continue this conversation because it is critically important, and it is bipartisan."