Richard Blumenthal

This kind of trafficking is modern slavery, in effect.

This is a team sport. It requires unity of effort, whole of government.

To me that demonstrates that the program is maturing and reaching a point where there would be benefits to increasing production.

I wonder whether there is more that you can see being done to better relate and transfer information that is important to disability claims, to healthcare in the VA.

Are you satisfied that this budget has enough in the way of resources to deal with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury?

The stealthy F-35 is a supersonic, multi-role, fifth Generation fighter designed to replace aging AV-8B Harriers, F/A-18 Hornets, F-16 Fighting Falcons, and A-10 Thunderbolt IIs.

Will you agree to work with me to establish recognition of service cards to protect personal information while providing immediate and on-site verification to merchants nationwide, thus ensuring that more than 17 million non-retired…

I am deeply concerned by the growing threat of identity theft targeting military personnel and veterans.

Will you commit to work with me to provide transitional health care benefits to all deserving service members?

I find it unacceptable that a veteran loses access to a treatment that is working because of a lack of coordination between DOD and VA.

Will you implement the recommendations from GAO and conduct appropriate oversight into this matter to ensure that DOD has sound policies and processes to track whether a separating service member has a mental condition?

Do you support extending TAMP to all service members involuntarily separated through administrative procedures?

A recent report from the Center for a New American Security on modernizing military healthcare highlighted potential disadvantages to DOD's current commercial approach to replacing its health record

I appreciate those comments. You are absolutely right. The diagnosis for PTS began in the 1980s, but troops were suffering from it way before then.

I am very pleased to see that both the Virginia-class and the Ohio replacement are moving ahead on a very good pace.

Some of those applications might well be rejected.

Essentially, if applications are filed in the interim, they would be considered one by one after the program is reinstated.

In my experience in the State of Connecticut, the reaction has been huge and it has caused panic, a lot of anxiety, fear, uncertainty.

I do not want my silence to be taken as agreement or assent.

I think it is a hugely important topic that Senator Blumenthal and I care a lot about.

There is also a need to understand the issues of delivery, as Senator Isakson has correctly characterized them.

If you look at the myriad of conditions that can be service-connected, it affects all body systems.

The intent of the program.

So far, we have only had less than 50 people take advantage of that.

May I suggest respectfully that the research funds be increased for this purpose.