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.
My concern is that these types of arrangements could result in private companies in effect reaping the financial benefits of collecting personal data, but the costs could still be spread or socialized among consumers and taxpayers if they…
Are they doing enough? Are they asking the right questions, and are they acting sufficiently?
Thank you. Those three areas, the first two areas seem very much alike in terms of both being responses...
If existing law, let alone new law, is unenforced, it is dead lettered, it is useless.
Why not encourage law enforcers to use those existing laws more aggressively and effectively?
Shouldn't we be cautious about legislating in an area where circumstances are changing?
shouldn't we target those solutions to the problems that are causing the abuses and target them narrowly in very limited ways
I think a number of us are concerned about the potential increases in prices and reduction in consumer choice.
I want to express my strong support for the FCC's Open Internet order. This decision was unequivocal, emphatic, and epical in its affect.
I want to express to all of you the action that you've taken strong and, again, emphatic action on cramming.
I also want to express my gratitude to all of you for joining in the bipartisan vote to repeal the sports blackout rule that I long called for with my colleague, Senator McCain.
If I may have another minute to finish. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Which is what we should be doing here, and I believe we will do it. Loretta Lynch has a stellar record. She served with incredible distinction during her time as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. I suggest to my…
I want to follow up on some of the questions that I heard Senator Booker ask about surface transportation.
What frightens me more so than anything else in talking to our partners in Amtrak and others is that individual that may be carrying a backpack or device of some type to create harm.
I am proud to follow the distinguished Senator from Florida, and I join him in his observations of the ``60 Minutes'' show, but equally, if not more importantly, in his views on the letter that was sent to the rulers of Iran and its…
later today, the Senate will vote on two nominees who are critical to ensuring the safety of our Nation's transportation network: Christopher Hart, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, also known as the NTSB, and…





