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April 2016
Blumenthal Statement on Featuring Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill in 2030
November 2013
Blumenthal, Lembo, LGBT Advocates Call On Speaker Boehner To Bring Employment Non-Discrimination Bill To House Floor
September 2013
Blumenthal Statement On Obama Administration’s Decision To Extend Federal Benefits To Same-Sex Spouses Of Veterans
August 2013
Blumenthal Statement On Bureau Of Prisons Decision To Temporarily Suspend Transfer Of Female Inmates From FCI Danbury
Blumenthal Joins Norwich Veteran, Yale Law Clinic In Calling For Immediate Action To Extend Same Equal Rights To Veteran Couples
July 2013
Blumenthal Applauds DHS Decision to Reconsider Citizenship Petitions Previously Denied Because Of DOMA
Sen. Blumenthal, Rep. Kilmer Introduce Bill to Prohibit Discrimination Based on Military Service
Blumenthal Urges Department of Veterans Affairs to Immediately Grant Married Veterans and Their Same-Sex Spouses All Available Marriage Rights and Benefits
June 2013
Blumenthal Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision to Strike Down DOMA
February 2013
Blumenthal, More Than 30 Other Senators Call On Obama To Ban Lgbt Discrimination By Federal Contractors Now
January 2013
Blumenthal, Senate Colleagues Urge Feds To Delay Judgment On Same-Sex Couples’ Green Card Cases, Halt Deportation Orders Until Supreme Court Rules On DOMA
December 2012
Blumenthal Attends Oval Office Signing Ceremony For Child Protection Act
August 2011
Blumenthal Chairs Field Hearing, Pushes for Proposals to End Elder Abuse
Blumenthal Applauds DHS Policy Change on DREAM Act and Other Low Priority Deportation Cases