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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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May 16, 2017

None of this is really about veterans or the VA or accountability. It's about politics.

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May 16, 2017

The VFW supports this legislation, which would require VA to integrate peer support specialists into Primary Care Patient Align Care Teams (PACT).

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May 16, 2017

I am the supporter and sponsor of the Veterans' Partners Efforts to Enhance Reintegration, or Veteran PEER Act, as it is called, and I have advocated for improvements in behavioral health services.

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May 16, 2017

"You're FIRED!" is popular as a way to address complex issues.

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May 16, 2017

Internet access can literally be a lifeline for people of all ages, most especially for our senior veterans.

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May 16, 2017

The occupational hazard of being a U.S. Senator is you have to be in three places at one time or more

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May 16, 2017

The NHL continues to say, 'Oh, no. There is no association,' contradicting the science.

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May 16, 2017

What the NHL did and the Commissioner's statements have done is indeed sad. I do not agree with them.

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May 16, 2017

I intend to reintroduce legislation that would, in effect, create very strong incentives for improvements in this area.

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May 16, 2017

We cannot protect our children from all sports injuries, but at least we can protect them from some.

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May 15, 2017

The constitutional crisis involves confrontations of one brand against the other.

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May 15, 2017

As soon as possible. And, my hope and expectation would be within days, and not weeks, because this kind of constitutional crisis really demands the truth.

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May 15, 2017

Subpoenas are necessary to make sure that there is no destruction or hiding of evidence.

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May 15, 2017

More than partisanship, I think they're sensing the moral ground shifting, as well as seismically, the political dynamic changing.

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May 15, 2017

What we're seeing, Anderson, is an obstruction of justice case unfolding in real time.

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May 9, 2017

This may well produce another United States versus Nixon and may produce impeachment proceedings.

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May 9, 2017

Here we have a massive attack on our Democratic institutions by the Russians and the possibility, I don't want to overstate it, that Trump associates were colluding or involved in it.

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May 9, 2017

The simple answer is no. No Congressional Committee right now has ample resources to conduct this broad wide ranging investigation.

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May 9, 2017

What is behind it? And that's what we need to know in the senate of the United States and that's why I've called for a special prosecutor to make sure that this investigation is above politics, no one is above the law.

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May 9, 2017

The Rosenstein letter really is a ludicrous pretense for this action.

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May 9, 2017

It is a looming constitutional crisis because it involves a potential confrontation as did Watergate between the president and other branches of government.

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May 9, 2017

Just to say this issue is not about me. It is about the integrity of our justice system and this kind of distraction doing certainly won't silence me and my call for a special independent prosecutor.

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May 9, 2017

It may well produce another United States versus Nixon on a subpoena that went to the United States Supreme Court. It may well produce impeachment proceedings, although we're very far from that possibility.

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