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.
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…
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…
I want to ask about the F-35s, which are on the unfunded priorities list. I believe there are 24 of them.
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.
Mr. Pai wants cable companies to keep making a mint from renting cable boxes--a revenue stream that totals nearly $20 billion a year.
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.
broadband Internet access service is marketed today primarily as a conduit for the transmission of data across the Internet.
I'd like to know from you what possible rationale there can be for enabling cable companies to continue profiting by renting cable boxes.
You've withdrawn proposed reforms of the business data service market and pay TV set-top box market that would have saved consumers money.
You've undone the enhanced transparency rules that ensure broadband ISP consumers know what type of service they're getting.