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Richard Blumenthal

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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.

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Mar 5, 2018

Can you assure us that you will take action in the event that any foreign government seeks to manipulate a member of the White House staff?

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Mar 5, 2018

Do I have your commitment that this helicopter force structure assessment report will be delivered to Congress on time at the end of the month?

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Mar 5, 2018

The requirement continues to be unfunded in the budget year after year.

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Mar 5, 2018

And I read about that test that you recently cited that involved lifting 36,000 pounds hovering for, I think, a 100 feet for about 10 minutes.

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Mar 5, 2018

I was pleased to see that the Marine Corps requested to accelerate funding to increase the production ramp rate in fiscal year 2019 by one helicopter.

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Mar 5, 2018

I hate to put you on the spot, but ideally how many more of the CH-53K's would you like to see funded in fiscal year 2019?

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Mar 5, 2018

Attribution is an important step, but must come far sooner and be followed by swift action.

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Mar 5, 2018

It's an attack on the United States that constituted an act of war. In fact, Russia itself described it as 'informational warfare.'

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Mar 5, 2018

I want to ask a more general question of all the witnesses talking about unmanned helicopters.

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Mar 5, 2018

I continue to believe, speaking only for myself, that it continues to be defective.

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Mar 5, 2018

Isn't his continuing access to that information a threat to our national security?

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Mar 5, 2018

We have challenges in that area, Senator.

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Feb 28, 2018

There will be no excuse for Metro-North failing to meet that 2018 deadline.

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Feb 28, 2018

This system has been implemented elsewhere, correct?

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Feb 28, 2018

the industry needs to know that there will be penalties, that enforcement will be rigorous, that, in effect, there will be no tolerance for delay.

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Feb 28, 2018

Well, I would like a detailed report and a meeting with Metro-North on those obstacles, what you are doing to meet and overcome those obstacles, what resources, if any, additionally are necessary, and why you would not meet the end-of-year…

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Feb 28, 2018

I would like a commitment from you that you will meet the 2018 deadline, and that Metro-North will have positive train control implemented, in operation, by then.

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Feb 28, 2018

I was really alarmed... by the GAO report, which said that there was a risk... of two-thirds of the commuter railroads failing to meet those deadlines.

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Feb 28, 2018

But the same kinds of systems should be applicable regardless of how dense the systems are, wouldn't you agree?

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Feb 15, 2018

That kind of approach will eventually rebut and refute these politically motivated, reprehensible attacks on the Department of Justice and the FBI.

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Feb 15, 2018

What Donald Trump says or does is, in my view, less important than what the American people say and do. They ought to be outraged and furious. It was, in fact, informational warfare.

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Feb 15, 2018

The conclusion of the indictment is that they were, in fact, pushing for Donald Trump predominantly. They were, in fact, seeking to disparage -- that's the indictment's term Hillary Clinton.

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Feb 15, 2018

The President may choose to believe Vladimir Putin, but these facts are provable beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Feb 15, 2018

I was stunned, Anderson, by the massive detail, really chilling facts, and we're dealing here with real facts about real criminal action by Russians, doing real harm to our democracy.

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