Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

But I just wanted to add a particular word of how immensely proud I am of what you have accomplished out of this tragedy.

It is part of my job to bring the experience and wisdom of Rhode Island down to Washington and try to improve things there.

And that would be equally true whether the bullying was simply verbal versus physical. It connects nonetheless.

I think one of the reasons that this hearing is so important is the size of our contractor footprint overseas.