Jack Reed actually said...

"So this is not just about the benefits to the individual military personnel. This is about the overall viability of the health care system in the military?"

"While we await the full details of the department's proposals, there are a few immediate notable aspects of the request."

"Whatever we do, I think you will manage, which presents the interesting problem that we could be in a period of a steady accelerating but invisible decline until a crisis, and then the reckoning will ..."

"it is not the right time to pursue new sanctions legislation, and doing so could diminish our security, not enhance our security."