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 time has expired. I thank you for your responses, and I hope there will be a second round.
I would certainly want to gather the facts, and based on what I've seen, I would be very concerned that there is harm to consumers.
Let me move on to your contention, as I understand it, that Google is not dominant to the point that it has a responsibility under the Sherman Act or other antitrust laws, is that correct?
In order to avoid a continuing potential series of government interventions, which none of us really would favor as a first choice...
So my question to you is, drawing on the lessons that presumably you have learned as you very forthrightly acknowledge, can Google suggest measures to be taken voluntarily at this point to promote competition, to dispel those allegations…
over the past 2 weeks, I have traveled the State of Connecticut, as the Presiding Officer has done in the State of New York, and she has described eloquently the damage she has seen in her State. I have seen much the same in mine. I have…
shortages of drugs around the country mean that hospitals are unable to meet the demand for workhorse medicines
I rise to speak in favor of Rich Cordray's nomination as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and to urge a vote on his nomination. The enactment of the Dodd-Frank law last Congress is a triumph for consumers. This landmark…
Dear Senator Blumenthal, as I sit down this morning to write you this letter, we still have no electricity; it is Friday, September 2nd, 2011, six full days since Hurricane Irene moved over our state.
I will be very blunt, which is that a lot of people would not want what they might see as the embarrassment...
Do you think that institutions of the kind for which you work are doing enough?
I hope this message reaches the super-committee that's been established by the Congress to propose solutions to the debt and the deficit.
One of the questions that really, I think, follows from that comment... what role do you think financial institutions can and should play in the detection of these kinds of problems?
Probate court rulings are not always in keeping with the APS' service provider's recommendations, resulting in the progress made with the elder to be negated by the court ruling.
I believe that there needs to be more done by the Federal Government, an Office of Elder Justice in the United States Department of Justice.
And I wonder if you could talk a little bit about the Older Americans Act and why it's so important to reauthorize that bill in light of the comments that you've made already.
My hope is that this Congress will also reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
Was the uptick around the holiday time in--you mentioned thefts and robberies. Was it primarily home intrusions, or were they financial exploitation of other kinds?





