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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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Jan 31, 2017

I hope that you will lend your complete support to that program as well.

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Jan 31, 2017

If confirmed, will you commit to cracking down on colleges that are essentially lying to our veterans?

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Jan 31, 2017

Wouldn't you agree that some rule or standard--nobody likes the word 'regulation' these days--that could help save children's lives ought to be implemented?

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Jan 31, 2017

You have brought new leadership and vision to an agency that needs it.

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Jan 31, 2017

Support for this legislation is support for eliminating the ability of regulators to prevent the next financial crisis.

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Jan 31, 2017

This is a profound change and effectively creates a super mandate for all major regulatory actions of executive and independent agencies.

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Jan 31, 2017

The misleadingly named Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act is a Trojan horse that would expand the reach and scope of regulatory review panels.

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Jan 31, 2017

H.R. 26 would politicize the regulatory process by requiring any major science-based public health, safety, and environmental safeguard to be approved by both houses of Congress.

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Jan 31, 2017

The ALERT Act is designed to impede the government's ability to implement critical new public health and safety protections by adding a six month delay.

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Jan 31, 2017

This bill would throw such caution to the winds.

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Jan 31, 2017

H.R. 26 is merely an attempt to add yet another roadblock in using science to protect the public.

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Jan 31, 2017

So when President Trump says let's cut two regulations every time we create a new one, that kind of rule really has no basis in common sense or fact, does it?

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Jan 31, 2017

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I appreciate your being so generous with your time.

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Jan 31, 2017

Midnight Rules Relief Act is the opposite of a 'good government reform' bill.

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Jan 31, 2017

But I think we can all agree that the number of regulations is not itself a goal, it's the wisdom and efficacy of those regulations.

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Jan 31, 2017

It is also crucial to underscore the far-reaching and negative consequences that such en bloc disapproval resolutions would have.

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Jan 31, 2017

Congress should not create new barriers to saving lives from tobacco, but rather should permit the FDA to act.

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Jan 31, 2017

I know that you're offering that answer in good faith. It's an abstract, abstruse answer that frankly I find equally unsatisfactory as a Senator and as a human being.

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Jan 31, 2017

This is a profound change that prevents agencies from adopting the most effective and appropriate way of protecting the public.

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Jan 31, 2017

We strongly urge you to oppose the Midnight Rules Relief Act and to reject the false and misleading rhetoric behind it.

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Jan 31, 2017

Overly intrusive judicial review is one of the primary reasons for regulatory delay and paralysis.

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Jan 31, 2017

I would pledge to you my total and complete support, at whatever level, in whatever way that I can help.

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Jan 31, 2017

Right. We are working toward it, but over the opposition of the industry. And that's why I am sending today a letter to the CPSC and the WCMA asking that they finally, finally implement a standard that will save children's lives, literally…

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Jan 31, 2017

We will not fix this problem without legislation to fix it.

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Jan 31, 2017

No business has the right to sell a product that can kill children and destroy their families.

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