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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 28, 2012

I feel that working group's proposals are a small step, a baby step, a tiptoe that also fails to address this issue.

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Mar 28, 2012

I will be very disappointed if this Congress fails to do much more than is contemplated right now in addressing these problems.

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Mar 28, 2012

A difficult and certainly challenging one, particularly in this political climate.

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Mar 27, 2012

Should this lesson be written into the law so that the faceless criminal defendant who may not get a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing has the same protection?

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Mar 27, 2012

I profoundly agree with the statement that we have heard again and again that our most important asset is our people.

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Mar 27, 2012

What is the reason that they are not brought to court martial?

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Mar 27, 2012

today I wish to recognize the New Haven Lions Club as they celebrate their 90th anniversary and nearly a century of community service, civic involvement, and charitable contributions to the city of New Haven, the State of Connecticut, and…

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Mar 27, 2012

today I honor New Haven open chief executive officer Mike Davies, who was named a 2012 inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum, a nonprofit organization founded in 1954. The official induction ceremony will take place…

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Mar 27, 2012

Thank you all for your excellent work in a time of great challenge, and thanks to all the men and women who serve under you.

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Mar 27, 2012

Thank you to the witnesses for the excellent work that you are doing in a very difficult time, perhaps more difficult than any within recent memory.

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Mar 27, 2012

Thank you. Again, thank you, Mr. Chairman. My time has expired, but I am going to continue my interest.

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Mar 27, 2012

Are you making efforts to speed up the process?

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Mar 27, 2012

Don't we have to enshrine in the law some basic protection of the criminal defendant when it comes to this disclosure?

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Mar 21, 2012

that's a challenge that has to be addressed, in my view and, I think, perhaps others, perhaps yours as well.

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Mar 21, 2012

the casualties are still too high.

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Mar 21, 2012

for 50 years, the United States Senate Youth Program, USSYP, has selected 2 remarkable high school students from each State, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity program to visit our Nation's capital…

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Mar 20, 2012

essentially, the focus of my interest is in protecting consumer information that is obtained by virtue of the agreements.

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Mar 20, 2012

I want to just briefly explore an area which I think is important to the future of this agreement.

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Mar 20, 2012

the Department of Justice really has the primary enforcement role in this area

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Mar 20, 2012

my feeling has been over the years that the Department of Justice really has failed to be as rigorous or vigorous as it should be in enforcing antitrust laws

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Mar 20, 2012

Let me begin by thanking Mr. Milch for your endorsement of the bill that I have introduced that Senator Klobuchar mentioned, the next generation wireless bill, and hope to be working with you in light of your endorsement on it, because I…

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Mar 20, 2012

when you come to the Department of Justice, the companies bear a burden of proof because of the market concentration that exists

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Mar 20, 2012

And the reasons that those documents are not available to the Committee would be the proprietary information that they include or--as now a private antitrust lawyer, maybe you could explain that.

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Mar 20, 2012

My time has expired, but I want to thank really all the witnesses for addressing these questions so well.

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