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Richard Blumenthal is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Connecticut since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Blumenthal has focused on issues such as consumer protection, healthcare, and veterans' affairs during his tenure. He previously served as the Attorney General of Connecticut from 1991 to 2011, where he gained recognition for his advocacy on behalf of consumers and his efforts to hold corporations accountable. Blumenthal has been an active voice in the Senate, participating in various committees and addressing key national issues.
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…
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…
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…
They will be MAGAs, basically. Given the trend of the end of the last Trump term, we’re heading over a cliff in terms of fringe right wing views. They will have a litmus test on steroids.
We need to be ready for the fight ahead and redouble our efforts, and be unified.
but we did learn in this legislative hearing that, in fact, there is no plan. The 80,000-worker target for firing is in the absence of any plan. It is the target. It is the goal. It is the intention: Fire now, plan later. No plan, no…
my thanks to Senator Thune for yielding and the Presiding Officer for presiding over the balance of the day. I am here with sadness--not for the first time and, tragically, not for the last, I fear--because I am here to speak to the…
I think none of us wants to shut down the government. In a sense, the Republicans are shutting it down as we speak.
The litany of dismantling agencies by firing their employees is happening in real time, but it's really on them to produce majorities for whatever it is they want to pass.
Elon Musk sees veterans as roadkill on his way to revenue for tax cuts.
By intentionally concealing from Congress the full list of contracts cancelled, Collins makes clear his intentions to use these terminated services as numbers for his press release, with zero regard for veterans.
It's a shameful betrayal, and veterans will pay the price for their unforgivable corruption, incompetence, and immorality.
Make no mistake, cancelling these contracts will cause harm to veterans and VA care and benefits.
And it is completely unacceptable there has been no transparency, accountability, or consultation surrounding these contracts.
Congress worked in a bipartisan manner to pass the PACT Act and equip VA with the tools and resources needed to serve more veterans than ever.
Their plan prioritizes private sector profits over veterans' care, balancing the budget on the backs of those who served.
we are going to be joined by others of my colleagues, but I want to follow Senator Whitehouse's very eloquent remarks by just making a couple of quick points. You know, tonight, the President is going to speak to Members of both the House…
I am going to close this colloquy by, first of all, thanking my colleagues who have come today, especially veterans like Senator Kelly, who served for decades, and Senator Peters and all the veterans who have joined in this…
first, let me say I am hopeful that we can work together--if the chairman of the VA Committee is willing to do it--to try to arrive at language that calls for the rehiring of these veterans, rescinding the layoffs. I must say that we are…
tragically and totally unnecessarily, what we are seeing in real time is an assault on the veterans of America. It is an assault that is part of a campaign by Elon Musk, who has been empowered by President Trump supposedly to eliminate…
I am proposing that we actually impose some guardrails on the president of the United States, requiring an explanation, at the very least, some explanation for why pardon has been accorded, and some notice to the prosecutors.
It was demanding, groveling, and the kind of belittling and bullying that occurred there, I think is absolutely shameful for the president and the vice president of United States.
What Trump demonstrated is weakness, pathetic abandonment of an ally who has been bleeding and dying.
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