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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 24, 2025

We’re going to insist on the full and fair release of all of those files in the Department of Justice.

breitbart.com
Jul 22, 2025

Tech companies must be held accountable — and liable legally — when they breach consumer privacy, collecting, monetizing or sharing personal information without express consent.

nypost.com
Jul 17, 2025

This was a really vicious murder that changed our laws. It also highlights how we need to take a look at the pardon system to see how it can be improved.

nypost.com
Jul 17, 2025

It seems to me that someone dropped the ball here to let this person get released.

nypost.com
Jul 17, 2025

I haven’t seen anything like it in 15 years in the United States Senate, just overriding roughshod the rules of the committee to silence members in this way on nominees for lifetime appointments on the federal court who are unfit and…

nbcnews.com
Jul 15, 2025

I’m heartbroken to hear these stories. It makes me want to do something.

msnbc.com
Jul 15, 2025

I hope nothing comes of this hearing. I hope people don’t pay attention because it isn’t deserving of credibility and attention.

msnbc.com
Jul 13, 2025

I think a multifaceted approach here is the only way to bring Putin to the table, because he's a thug. He understands only force.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

Congress ought to be investigating.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

We need to, really, express the strength of the United States, because only strength can get Putin to the table.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

We need to really express the strength of the United States, because only strength can get Putin to the table.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

This has to be a critical moment for these sanctions.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

We want to make use of the seized assets, again, in a unified way. I think a multifaceted approach here is the only way to bring Putin to the table, because he’s a thug.

cnn.com
Jul 8, 2025

The administration repeatedly refused to share any additional information about this plan to cut 83,000 VA employees and what positions would be targeted.

cbsnews.com
Jul 8, 2025

The VA still stands to lose tens of thousands more employees than ever before.

cbsnews.com
Jul 8, 2025

This is not 'natural' attrition, it is not strategic, and it will inevitably impact veterans' care and benefits — no matter what blanket assurances the VA Secretary hides behind.

cbsnews.com
Jul 8, 2025

This announcement makes clear VA is bleeding employees across the board at an unsustainable rate because of the toxic work environment created by this Administration and DOGE's slash and trash policies.

cbsnews.com
Jun 27, 2025

Our bipartisan legislation will break tech giants’ ironclad grip on the app economy.

breitbart.com
Jun 26, 2025

The devastation to healthcare in the United States will be red and blue.

commondreams.org
Jun 25, 2025

First, this committee and Congress have never accepted that kind of assertion as a basis to evade questioning.

newrepublic.com
Jun 25, 2025

Certainly, this mission was successful insofar as it extensively destroyed and perhaps severely damaged.

cbsnews.com
Jun 25, 2025

The point is, we don't know. Anybody who says we know with certainty is making it up.

cbsnews.com
Jun 25, 2025

I think 'obliterated' is much too strong.

nbcnews.com

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