I would somewhat take issue with the contention that the resources are adequate now because in this war, we're losing.
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.
Is there anybody here who believes that the people of Connecticut or anywhere else in the Nation should have less privacy protection than the people of California?
The fact is that consumers have no meaningful Federal protection for consumer data.
This incident further highlights the need for a closer look at how we might structure data breach notification in Federal legislation as it is sorely concerning to me that an incident affecting this many people did not have to be disclosed…
We can no longer rely on notice and choice, on voluntary standards, on transparency, and consent. There needs to be privacy by design.
Is there anybody here who believes that American citizens deserve less privacy protection than European citizens?
I think this issue of temperament--and I am going to pose a question to my colleague from Washington--is fundamental to our system of justice in this country. Courtrooms are sometimes really emotional places, and sometimes they are angry…
I will yield back to my colleague from California, but let me just close my part of this colloquy by saying that we saw the real Brett Kavanaugh before us on that day at that moment, and I think my colleagues, if they review that picture…
Thank you, Mr. President. At some point during the confirmation hearing--now seemingly years ago but probably only just a month or so ago--I saw young women going through the halls of the Capitol with T-shirts that said ``I am what's at…
I am honored to join these two eloquent colleagues who have each been champions for this cause as women speaking about the problem of sexual assault in our country--the epidemic of sexual assault that continues to be a scourge across our…
I rise today to provide clarification surrounding section 317 of H.R. 302, the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Reauthorization Act of 2018. New section 44737 of title 49, as added by section 317 of the bill, allows for the…
The White House is really responsible for circumscribing the witnesses, limiting the time, refusing, at our request made last Monday, the Senate Democrats gave him a list of 25, including Dr. Blasey Ford and Judge Kavanaugh and Kerry…
That op-ed piece is a pretty obvious effort to clean up the debacle of his testimony to the judiciary committee a week ago. And that testimony was really profoundly revealing. Almost like taking the mask off the judge and showing the real…
What I can say about it is that it leaves many questions unanswered. Many witnesses uninterviewed. And many leads unpursued.
That testimony was written, carefully prepared, planned, premeditated. Not some emotional outburst.
You use the flagged list to include individuals who have been charged, but not convicted.
The feedback we receive today from the witnesses who are here will enable us to craft bipartisan legislation.
Monsters are often hiding in plain sight, and they are often aided and abetted by people who turn the other way.
Thank you. I have another meeting, so I am going to have to depart fairly soon, but I want to ask a few questions here.
The survivors are really the heroes here. They are the profiles in courage that inspire us to move forward.
Let us remember that Larry Nassar's image in an orange jumpsuit followed years, literally years, when his crimes were disregarded or ignored.





