Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"the sooner the better that we reverse these cuts so as to avoid the lasting damage to our national security."

"I think the thing that all of this illicit activity has in common, whether it's people, drugs, money, or weapons--is this complex criminal network that has grown in size, capacity, ruthlessness, and t..."

"If you're speaking, Senator, about drugs, just more assets."

"I agree with you that our civilian law enforcement authorities... now has been outgunned and outmanned and outresourced by those criminal networks."