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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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Oct 25, 2017

Not in the least because they have spent $6 million to hire Cambridge Analytica as a consultant, as an agent, in that capacity.

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Oct 25, 2017

There is a series of circumstantial evidence. No conclusion reached yet, but certainly a basis to investigate.

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Oct 25, 2017

It is significant because it demonstrates evidence of potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian interference.

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Oct 25, 2017

It was reaching out to WikiLeaks. In fact, reaching down into the gutter because remember, WikiLeaks' business model is to take information, stolen often by foreign governments like the Russians, and then publicly size it without any…

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Oct 24, 2017

I appreciate my colleague's question. That is absolutely right. Arbitration panels do not have the power to issue injunctions--it is that simple. They do not have the power to grant injunctive relief even in the worst of circumstances…

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Oct 24, 2017

I want to begin by paying tribute to the people of Puerto Rico, who have been through unimaginable disaster--a natural disaster not of their making and a financial disaster that is not any more their fault than the hurricane they have…

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Oct 24, 2017

I thank my colleague from Rhode Island for that very pertinent question. Before I answer it, I thank him for his service as his State's attorney general and his State's U.S. attorney. He has as much experience as I do, and I know he…

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Oct 24, 2017

I think these answers have been very illuminating.

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Oct 24, 2017

But essentially space is lawless right now.

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Oct 24, 2017

I'm concerned about some of the reports that we've seen from the intelligence community and other sources that Russia and China and perhaps even terrorist organizations are pursuing a range of anti-satellite technology.

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Oct 24, 2017

Exactly right. I think that is the essence of what the effect will be today of this vote if it is to roll back this rule and, in effect, enhance the overweening power of companies and corporations that force consumers to engage in…

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Oct 24, 2017

That is exactly right. It is not infrequent in class action cases and not infrequent in individual cases where a plaintiff is willing to persist and takes it, as a matter of principle, that he will go to the nth degree legally and spend…

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Oct 24, 2017

I am honored to follow my colleague from Minnesota, who has made many of the same arguments very eloquently that my colleagues have made as we approach a vote literally in the dead of night. There is a reason for the timing of this vote…

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Oct 23, 2017

I am just asking whether these quotas--and maybe it is the system, maybe it is the councils--reflect the best scientific information available?

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Oct 23, 2017

The budget that has been sent to us by President Trump cuts resources for exactly this kind of research.

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Oct 23, 2017

This quota system is Byzantine, outdated. It has failed to adapt to the movement of fish stocks.

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Oct 23, 2017

Human trafficking continues to be a problem in the seafood industry.

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Oct 23, 2017

I wholeheartedly support additional resources.

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Oct 23, 2017

We are complicit in destroying an American industry if we fail to fund the research that enables the law and the Councils to keep pace with the effects of climate change.

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Oct 23, 2017

The United States still imports 90 percent of the fish we eat. That is absolutely astonishing and appalling.

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Oct 23, 2017

You have problems because they cannot take advantage of new data as quickly as the data is available.

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Oct 23, 2017

I will take by your silence that you say, 'No, they are not.'

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Oct 18, 2017

What concrete steps have been taken to fortify our election systems? What will be done differently for the 2018 elections?

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Oct 18, 2017

This cash flow ought to be priority number one.

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Oct 18, 2017

DHS strongly supports this much-needed effort.

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