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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 8, 2017

Without a cyber strategy, there can be no cyber policy.

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Mar 8, 2017

I have written a bipartisan letter along with a number of my colleagues to the appropriators, asking for an additional $327 million to fully fund the 60 helicopters that are necessary to reach the state of readiness for our National Guard…

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Mar 8, 2017

I will do whatever is necessary to make sure that we have both the funding and the capability in terms of training and skill education and so forth in Connecticut, which is where we produce submarines, to make sure that we meet that…

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Mar 8, 2017

Right now, our policy of deterrence is in my view an abject failure.

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Mar 8, 2017

I want to ask about the F-35s, which are on the unfunded priorities list. I believe there are 24 of them.

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Mar 7, 2017

I want to ask you, first, with respect to the Time Warner-AT&T merger, your standard is a different one for reviewing mergers, in fact, taking account of the public interest.

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Mar 7, 2017

You've moved to block commonsense broadband privacy rules.

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Mar 7, 2017

Mr. Pai wants cable companies to keep making a mint from renting cable boxes--a revenue stream that totals nearly $20 billion a year.

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Mar 7, 2017

In the time so far that the Trump administration has been in office, you've, unfortunately, unwound many of the rules and regulations that, in my view, were designed to protect consumers.

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Mar 7, 2017

broadband Internet access service is marketed today primarily as a conduit for the transmission of data across the Internet.

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Mar 7, 2017

I'd like to know from you what possible rationale there can be for enabling cable companies to continue profiting by renting cable boxes.

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Mar 7, 2017

My time has expired, and if I can engage in another round, I will.

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Mar 7, 2017

You've withdrawn proposed reforms of the business data service market and pay TV set-top box market that would have saved consumers money.

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Mar 7, 2017

You've undone the enhanced transparency rules that ensure broadband ISP consumers know what type of service they're getting.

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Mar 6, 2017

He has to make a commitment to follow the evidence where it leads. And that can be done only by a special prosecutor.

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Mar 6, 2017

He should know better than anyone how important it is to have an independent, credible special prosecutor in this role.

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Mar 6, 2017

The president must understand the political consequences of what he's doing. Anybody who's campaigned for president and won is no longer a neophyte.

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Mar 6, 2017

These statements are really surreal and strange and scary. They are scary because we're dealing here with wiretapping and surveillance, which goes to the core privacy rights of all of us as citizens.

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Mar 6, 2017

I am pleased to be here with a number of my colleagues to oppose H.J. Res. 37. As it has just been announced, we will vote on it later today. I am glad to be joined by so many of my colleagues to fight against efforts to limit the…

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Mar 2, 2017

I will end my remarks within a minute. In short, over the past weeks, I have called repeatedly for a special counsel. My view is that now-Attorney General Sessions must be brought back before the Judiciary Committee and provide an…

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Mar 2, 2017

I ask unanimous consent to speak 2 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

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Mar 2, 2017

in the minutes remaining before this vote, I want to briefly call attention to an impending constitutional crisis we are facing in this Chamber and in this country as a result of recent revelations coming to our attention, literally within…

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Mar 1, 2017

I believe, as Senator Graham said at that hearing and both of us have said recently, that the Russians will continue to attack us--2018 is not very far away--as long as they are not made to pay a price.

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