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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Mar 26, 2025

I am here on the floor because we are in a moment of crisis for our veterans. It is a moment of profound historic challenge to the Veterans' Administration, and what we need from Members of this body--and I am encouraged by the response so…

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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Mar 26, 2025

President Trump’s gutting of the Department of Education has thrown classrooms all across America into chaos.

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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Mar 26, 2025

I am honored to follow my friend and colleague from New Jersey, whom I salute for his passion and his eloquence. And thank you to Senator Warren for her leadership in bringing us together today and to my colleagues who are rising today in…

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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Mar 26, 2025

I would add a footnote to that important conversation, which is they teach economics, and they teach that those externalities are, in effect, a subsidy if they aren't charged to the consumer and made transparent. But they can also distort…

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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Mar 26, 2025

A perfect segue to my remarks, if I may be recognized, Mr. President? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.

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Joe Courtney
@joecourtney· Democratic · CT· Mar 26, 2025

Last year, candidate Trump, President- elect Trump, and now-President Trump repeatedly told the American people that he won't touch Social Security. We are now 2 months into his administration, and we are finding that the opposite is true…

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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Mar 26, 2025

it is the perfect segue to my remarks because ``downwind'' means we are the recipient of their air and their pollution, which are the small particulates. They are often the size of, literally, a quarter of the head of a pin, and the reason…

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Jim Himes
@jimhimes· Democratic · CT· Mar 25, 2025

Everyone here knows that the Russians or the Chinese could have gotten all of that information...

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John Larson
@johnlarson· Democratic · CT· Mar 25, 2025

It is an honor to be here. This morning, I rise to talk about social security, the Nation's number one antipoverty program for the elderly and the number one antipoverty program for children. Mr. Speaker, I know it comes as no surprise to…

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Jim Himes
@jimhimes· Democratic · CT· Mar 24, 2025

These individuals know the calamitous risks of transmitting classified information across unclassified systems, and they also know that if a lower ranking official under their command did what is described here, they would likely lose…

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Jessica Rosenworcel
@jessicarosenworcel· Democratic · CT· Mar 23, 2025

weaponize the licensing authority of the FCC in a way that is fundamentally at odds with the First Amendment.

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Jim Himes
@jimhimes· Democratic · CT· Mar 23, 2025

Let's assume that the people on the Signal chat were probably the top targets for some of our global enemies.

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Jim Himes
@jimhimes· Democratic · CT· Mar 23, 2025

I am horrified by reports that our most senior national security officials... shared sensitive and almost certainly classified information via a commercial messaging application.

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Jim Himes
@jimhimes· Democratic · CT· Mar 23, 2025

It is by the grace of God that one of those enemies didn't alert the Houthis in advance.

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Jim Himes
@jimhimes· Democratic · CT· Mar 22, 2025

What people worry about is that this administration acts with an unbelievable kind of cocktail of incompetence and illegality.

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Jim Himes
@jimhimes· Democratic · CT· Mar 22, 2025

If the president of the United States decides to ignore the orders of a court... you have a full-blown constitutional crisis.

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John Larson
@johnlarson· Democratic · CT· Mar 20, 2025

Trump and Musk's cuts to the Social Security Administration could lead to the delay, denial, and disruption of your EARNED BENEFITS.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Mar 20, 2025

They are getting ready to destroy Social Security. Because the billionaires don't need it.

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