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.
the Government has an obligation to invest... in safety, just as it has in other technology and innovation.
the dangers are not just extinction but loss of jobs, one of potentially the worst nightmares that we have.
we can't repeat the mistakes that we made on social media, which was to delay and disregard the dangers.
We do not have these ads that aren't the real people... that we give voters the information they need...
the Government has an obligation to invest... in safety, just as it has in other technology and innovation.
Hard to produce a superhuman thinking machine if you don't allow humans to think.
I think we need some kind of regulatory agency, but not just a reactive body.
I think we need some kind of regulatory agency, but not just a reactive body.
Hard to produce a superhuman thinking machine if you don't allow humans to think.
If we don't act soon, we could decay into not just partisanship but inaction.
the Government has an obligation to invest--I think all of you would agree--invest in safety.
I actually think that if we don't act soon, we could decay into not just partisanship but inaction.
Somehow, we need to design the regulatory architecture so that we can get to the point where, if we learn new things about what makes planes safe and what makes planes crash, they get kind of automatically hooked into whatever architecture…
the White House certainly has recognized the urgency with a historic meeting of the seven major companies which made eight profoundly significant commitments.
I'm particularly interested... on the election side and democracy and making sure that we do not have these ads that aren't the real people.
In many instances, let's be very blunt, agencies become captive of the industries they're supposed to regulate.
It wasn't intended. Social media wasn't intended--the intent was not to harm children, cause mental health crisis, put children in touch with drug dealers and pedophiles.





