Press Releases
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April 08, 2011
Senator Blumenthal Praises Release of $40 Million in High Speed Rail Funds to Connecticut
(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the Federal Railroad... Continue Reading -
(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and other colleagues today to pledge that he would not accept his federal... Continue Reading
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April 06, 2011
Senators Lieberman And Blumenthal Commend UCONN Huskies
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senators Joe Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal congratulated the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team from the Senate Floor on their... Continue Reading -
(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today wrote to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to request that the Department of Justice investigate reports of a... Continue Reading
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April 06, 2011
Senator Blumenthal Statement on ConnDOT Application to Federal Railroad Administration
(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement this afternoon on Governor Dannel Malloy’s announcement that ConnDOT has... Continue Reading -
"Under the guise of deficit reduction, some in Congress are using scare tactics to mislead the American public into making sweeping cuts to Social Security. I strongly oppose... Continue Reading
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(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today announced that he is supporting and cosponsoring the bipartisan VETs Jobs Bill that would reinstate a tax... Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a bipartisan bill yesterday that would create subpoena authority by which the Director... Continue Reading
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March 28, 2011
Reid, Harkin, Sanders, Franken, Blumenthal Highlight Republicans' Dangerous Plan To End Social Security As We Know It
Washington, D.C. – Today Senators Harry Reid, Tom Harkin, Bernie Sanders, Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal told Republicans to “Back Off Social... Continue Reading -
(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today after the Department of Defense issued a stop work order to GE that they cease... Continue Reading
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(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today after the U.S. Army announced that it would clarify and expand the definition... Continue Reading
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March 21, 2011
Senator Blumenthal Calls for Vigorous Oversight, Net Neutrality Conditions On Proposed AT&T–T-Mobile Merger
(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today in the wake of the announcement of an agreement by AT&T to purchase... Continue Reading -
March 21, 2011
Blumenthal Lays Out Plan To Address Pain At The Pump
(Hartford, CT) – At a gas station in Hartford today, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) proposed specific methods to address skyrocketing gas prices including curbing the... Continue Reading -
(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today announced his co-sponsorship of the Children’s Sports Athletic Equipment Act, legislation introduced by... Continue Reading
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March 16, 2011
Senator Blumenthal Continues Call To Air UCONN Game
(Hartford, CT) – Following a letter from his delegation colleague and fellow Huskies fan Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT, 2nd District), Senator Richard Blumenthal... Continue Reading -
March 16, 2011
Senator Blumenthal Delivers Maiden Floor Speech
(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) delivered his maiden floor speech from the well of the U.S. Senate today, focusing on how he will continue to fight... Continue Reading -
(Washington, DC) – In response to the escalating situation at Japan’s nuclear facilities, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today sent a letter to U.S. Nuclear... Continue Reading
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March 15, 2011
Senators Applaud Administration's Decision to Designate Northeast Corridor as Federally-Recognized Rail Corridor
WASHINGTON – Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) wrote to U.S.... Continue Reading -
March 14, 2011
Lieberman, Blumenthal, DeLauro, Courtney Call for Disaster Assistance to Middlesex and Windham Counties
(Washington, DC) – Senators Joseph Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal today joined with Representatives Rosa DeLauro and Joe Courtney to call for disaster assistance to... Continue Reading -
(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement this afternoon on Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s announcement that U.S.... Continue Reading
