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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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Jul 11, 2023

Will you commit today, Mr. Price, that the PGA Tour will not punish any members who criticize the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or human rights anywhere, regardless of this new relationship with PIF?

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Jul 11, 2023

We are here because the regime, an autocratic, repressive regime, is torturing, imprisoning, killing its own people.

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Jul 11, 2023

I will continue to support the PGA Tour. Just make no mistake--as I said before, America is on your side.

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Jul 11, 2023

I am betting--because I never want to bet against America--that America will be on your side, thick or thin.

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Jul 11, 2023

I will continue to support the PGA Tour. Just make no mistake--as I said before, America is on your side.

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Jul 11, 2023

Yes, we will do it proudly. We will protect our players.

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Jul 11, 2023

If we are going to be selling out to countries that can throw around hundreds of billions of dollars, we are going to lose, not just financially.

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Jul 11, 2023

We are going to continue this inquiry. We are going to ask that the other potential witnesses that we invited actually come and share their perspectives and information.

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Jul 11, 2023

But you could go elsewhere for $1 billion, $3 billion, maybe $50 billion. Correct?

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Jul 11, 2023

I have the deepest sympathy for the families of 9/11 and support their efforts of obtaining information currently being withheld by the United States and Saudi governments.

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Jul 11, 2023

Senator Cornyn and I led the effort--it is called Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)--to enable those families to go to court.

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Jul 11, 2023

Congress' authority to investigate here and investigate golf comes from Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution.

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Jul 11, 2023

But as you well know, antitrust law, consumer protection law, many other laws involve protection of public interests and individual interests because the public interest demands it.

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Jul 11, 2023

The bed was on fire when you got into it.

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Jul 11, 2023

I think the general feeling, and I am quoting, is that a lot of people feel a bit of betrayal from management.

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Jul 11, 2023

That is how they can be disruptive because they have a lot of money, bucketsful of money. Correct?

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Jul 11, 2023

You still have the choice to stand up against sportswashing, against the Saudi monarchy, against the hundreds of billions of dollars, and maybe a lot more that the Saudis will throw at you and stand up for America because America is going…

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Jul 11, 2023

What are the other side agreements or informal understandings?

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Jul 11, 2023

But there is something that stinks about this path that you are on right now because it is a surrender, and it is all about the money, and that is the reason for the backlash that you have seen.

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Jul 11, 2023

It is better to know what the concerns of the American people are before you are straitjacketed and locked into an agreement that may, in fact, unfairly and even illegally, bind you, your players, sponsors, and others.

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Jul 11, 2023

Will you commit today, Mr. Price, that the PGA Tour will not punish any members who criticize the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or human rights anywhere, regardless of this new relationship with PIF?

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Jul 11, 2023

In 2023 we will distribute almost $1 billion to our players.

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Jul 11, 2023

The Saudi government is the dominant owner here. It has the equity interest.

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Jul 11, 2023

But there is an understanding that PIF will contribute an investment to the PGA Tour and the entity that will control it.

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