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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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Sep 20, 2011

My time has expired, but I thank the acting Chairman.

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Sep 20, 2011

My time has expired. I thank you for your responses, and I hope there will be a second round.

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Sep 20, 2011

Are there other specific steps that you would suggest?

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Sep 20, 2011

I very much appreciate your answers, and my time has expired.

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Sep 20, 2011

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.

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Sep 20, 2011

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?

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Sep 20, 2011

In order to avoid a continuing potential series of government interventions, which none of us really would favor as a first choice...

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Sep 20, 2011

Well, let me be more narrow in my question.

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Sep 20, 2011

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…

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Sep 14, 2011

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…

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Sep 13, 2011

shortages of drugs around the country mean that hospitals are unable to meet the demand for workhorse medicines

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Sep 13, 2011

the gray markets are playing Russian roulette with patients lives

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Sep 7, 2011

I realize they may be competing or contradictory goals.

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Sep 6, 2011

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…

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Sep 1, 2011

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.

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Aug 22, 2011

I will be very blunt, which is that a lot of people would not want what they might see as the embarrassment...

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Aug 22, 2011

Do you think that institutions of the kind for which you work are doing enough?

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Aug 22, 2011

I hope this message reaches the super-committee that's been established by the Congress to propose solutions to the debt and the deficit.

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Aug 22, 2011

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?

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Aug 22, 2011

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.

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Aug 22, 2011

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.

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Aug 22, 2011

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.

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Aug 22, 2011

My hope is that this Congress will also reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.

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Aug 22, 2011

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?

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