I thank the Senator for yielding for a question only. I want to ask more specifically about a point he made so well at the very beginning of this conversation; that the fight against gun violence and extremism abroad and at home is not an…

the amendment I filed, Blumenthal No. 4255, will not be made pending, but I want to emphasize the importance of the amendment and hope I can work with my colleagues on the substance of it because it is so profoundly important to fairness…

I would like to pursue with you the potential for amending the Consent Order or interpreting creatively and aggressively your existing authority and for increasing that authority if necessary because I think it is vital to public safety…

I think the American public would be aghast and appalled that recalls have not been extended to cars on lots right now that they are buying that, in effect, are subject to the same safety defects as the cars under recall.

I would like your commitment to work with me in developing a long-term plan to rebuild the Northeast Corridor beyond just those tunnels, especially the aging bridges and tracks that we have in Connecticut.

I fought hard to achieve--and I appreciate the cooperation of Chairman Thune and Ranking Member Nelson in helping advance that effort.

I know you're working closely with my colleague Senator Booker and others from New Jersey and New York on a plan for the Hudson River tunnels.

These products are the very same ammonium nitrate airbags that have sent shafts and shards of metal into people's faces.

Thanks, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for being here.

I am here to thank my colleagues for their strong, overwhelming, bipartisan support for the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights, an act that I have been proud to help lead and champion, along with my colleagues, Senators Shaheen and…

Every one of the major construction projects undertaken by the VA in the past several years has been way over budget and way behind schedule.

I just want to personally thank Senator McCain for his leadership on the amendment that hopefully we will consider to the NDAA.

Let me talk about the appeals process reforms----

To achieve reform in this appeals process is to achieve historic reform this year, and it should be this year.

I expect the Department to be much more transparent, as well as effective, with Congress and taxpayers who are footing the bill for this gross mismanagement.

to reform the rights and processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes

the only thing that's really holding this particular system together at the moment is the consensus.

I want to reaffirm my own feeling that the VSOs have been really instrumental in the past year's efforts by the Congress and by the VA to improve performance.

As all of us know, actions in the end speak louder than words and his actions can speak louder than those words.

Time is a critical factor, as well as the quality of service.

MOAA thanks Senator Richard Blumenthal for his leadership in this area.

I take it, Mr. Gibson, that you have heard the remarks that were made this morning about Secretary McDonald's comments yesterday and that you will convey that message to him, which I think is felt unanimously on this Committee.

If you have a result in a trial court and it is done quickly but then you have to wait years, perhaps decades, for justice on an appeal, the speed of the result in the trial court is irrelevant.

which are desperately needed----

It's important that the U.S. Government avoid any actions that may send the wrong message to the international community regarding its support of an open Internet.