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Richard Blumenthal: “Veterans are deprived of benefits they have earned, benefits…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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'Numbers Are Meaningless To Veterans Who Are Deprived Of Benefits': Blumenthal, Ron Johnson Spar

Published | Video Starts at 17:56

It is unconscionable. A lot of words, a lot of numbers, a lot of fallback to Senate procedure. Process meaningless. The words and numbers are meaningless to Veterans are deprived of benefits they have earned, benefits they've been promised. So I regret my colleague's objection to this bill. I believe he's in a small minority of this body. He has a right to object under our rules. (17:56–18:08)

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Asserts that veterans are not receiving the benefits they are entitled to.

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