So, really, when you talk about education, isn't the best means of education deterrence, in other words, enforcement?
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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 here to oppose the nomination of John Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. I have been a member of the Judiciary Committee since I was sworn in as a U.S. Senator 6 years ago. I have participated in dozens of…
As a former attorney general, the allegations in the complaint certainly seem to me like fraud. They're charging customers for Internet speeds they fail to provide, which seems a little bit like theft, stealing. Would you agree?
I've been alarmed by reports, and I've written to the nominee by the Trump administration for Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust expressing my concern about those reports that indicated that the White House might try to use the…
I am shocked you would consider going forward with such a vote affecting media ownership regulations without a full, up-to-date Quadrennial Review.
Are you aware of any contacts or intervention by the White House in any past or pending merger, including the AT&T/Time Warner merger?
I couldn't be more delighted and proud to welcome Jessica Rosenworcel here today along with her family.
Would you commit to reviewing the lawsuit that has been brought by 35 states and taking action, if appropriate?
I think it is also your responsibility to give us your best opinion, because as much as we would like to think we are well informed, and we are probably better informed than a lot of our colleagues on these issues, we have nothing like the …
If you have met--and I hope you have--veterans who have waited for years for their claims to be resolved, and you hear and feel their justifiable anger, I would like you to feel that anger yourselves.
Thanks, Mr. Chairman, and thanks for your kind words earlier today about working together on the Denver facility and on the bipartisanship that characterizes everything we do on this Committee.
I think that the FCC has a responsibility to know what's happening with broadband prices, does it not?
I hope to continue to welcome her back to Connecticut on issues like the pervasive scourge of robocalls.
There seems to be a pattern of reckless or willful concealment of contacts with the Russians involving Jared Kushner, other members of the Trump family, and now the president of the United States.
The Navy correctly identifies... the difficulty of recruiting, retaining, and most importantly, training that defense industrial base.
The fleet is being run into a shambles with less than half of the tactical fighters able to fly.
Clearly, the prelude to this meeting indicated criminal intent of a conspiracy to receive information from the Russians, to collude with the Russians in interfering with our elections.
This eight individual, who represented their family with potential, financial or other ties to Russian, is part of this pattern of concealment beginning in June, but going through even the period before and after the election and the…
My hope is that Kushner and Trump and Manafort will all come before the committee.
I want to build on the last point my colleague--a great advocate and champion of net neutrality--made about the rule of law and about the need to go to court when there is utter disrespect and contempt for the rule of law, which is…
Our commitment to NATO is based not just on the strength of specific allies in numbers of troops or tanks or planes, but on their will to defend themselves and their commitment to freedom.





