Richard Blumenthal

I'm saying that what Judge Gorsuch said to me was that disheartening and demoralized were what he found Donald Trump's attacks to be.

I was absolutely outraged by these attacks by the President of the United States.

There's no question that Judge Gorsuch said to me that he found this attacks on the judiciary by the president to be disheartening and demoralizing.

Indisputably. He was talking about President Donald Trump's attacks on the judiciary.

Rip up this order. Do not adopt bans based on religious tests or unconstitutional standards.

This ruling may be narrow in scope, but it has very, very broad ramifications in ending the chaos and confusion that the president's executive order unleashed.

So my question is, in targeting resources, how would you suggest that we preserve that as a priority of the Navy?

I want to come back to undersea warfare that was raised by Senator Reed, because it is identified in the report as the area of our greatest asymmetric advantage right now, but only if we continue to invest in it.

The remedies for delay may well be that the veteran receives what his claim is because he is the one who is prejudiced.

I am not advocating arbitrary deadlines.

I am just a country lawyer from Connecticut.

Specifically, what legislative changes are necessary?

But they may be nowhere near the amount of benefits that they deserve and need.

If a backlog were cleared simply by moving that great mound of work to the appellate process where appeals languish for years and years and years, it would not be regarded as a success story.

Changing the culture is a big job, and partly it will impact the ability to fill VHA open positions.

The inventory of appeals at the VA has skyrocketed to 440,000.

Today is an important hearing because the VA is at a real milestone turning point.

I think it reflects a growing sense that one of the great challenges, if not the biggest, ahead in the immediate future is our increasing confrontation with other powers, notably the Chinese and the Russians.

Will you commit to being an advocate of it? Because I think it will take advocates in a time of increasingly threatened fiscal resources and a very expensive commitment that is necessary to being an advocate of it.

I released last week a call to action with 23 specific recommendations focusing on health care, on law enforcement, on over-prescribing of pain killers.

This public health hurricane is undermining the recruiting effort insofar as it diminishes the quality of people who are available to fight in our military.

I want to emphasize how important Senator McCain's comments are to all of us who are engaged actively in our States in this war against an epidemic.

I think we should use the full measure of our resources--information, diplomatic, others--to bring that to people's attention and hold them accountable for the actions that they are perpetrating.

I think, frankly, we should continue to try to expose Iran for the role they are playing in fomenting other things that are happening in the region.

I've continuously condemned Iran's ongoing ballistic missile program for ignoring its international obligations under the U.N. Security Council resolutions.