Press Releases
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June 22, 2017
Blumenthal Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral SHIPS Act
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral SHIPS Act, which would make it the policy of the United States to... Continue Reading -
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today after Senate Republicans released the text of their secret plan to... Continue Reading
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June 22, 2017
Blumenthal Urges Secretary Mattis to Reconcile Policy Discrepancies that Deny Veterans VA Mental Health Care
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) urged Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to provide an update on Department of Defense efforts to address... Continue Reading -
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined a group of 11 Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), in pressuring the Department of... Continue Reading
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) held a press conference to outline the Constitutional... Continue Reading
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June 16, 2017
Blumenthal, Baldwin & Norcross Lead Bicameral Letter Urging Trump to Protect LGBT Rights
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Ahead of the third weekend of Pride parades around the country, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and U.S.... Continue Reading -
June 16, 2017
Blumenthal, Murphy Seek $150 Million More to Help Boost Submarine Supply Base in Advance of Columbia-Class Construction Surge
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today sent a letter to Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee leaders... Continue Reading -
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Edward... Continue Reading
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June 14, 2017
Blumenthal Statement on Alexandria Shooting
[Washington, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement in response to this morning’s shooting at a practice for the... Continue Reading -
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) issued the following statement following Senate approval of the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and... Continue Reading
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June 01, 2017
Blumenthal Statement on Withdrawal from Paris Agreement
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) issued the following statement on President Trump’s announcement to withdraw from the Paris... Continue Reading -
(Hartford, CT) – Following reports that warm weather last week may have caused a rail “heat kink” and contributed to the derailment of a Metro-North train in... Continue Reading
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May 25, 2017
Blumenthal, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve and Modernize Placement of Foster Children
(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined a bipartisan coalition of senators in an effort to modernize the foster care placement... Continue Reading -
May 25, 2017
Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Increase Pensions for Medal of Honor Recipients
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), and Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) in... Continue Reading -
May 24, 2017
Blumenthal, Colleagues Demand Explanation of White House Attempt to Block Ethics Waiver Disclosure
Washington, DC – If the White House succeeds in blocking the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) from discovering who has received waivers of President Donald... Continue Reading -
May 23, 2017
Blumenthal Rejects Trump Budget Proposal
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal responded today to President Trump’s budget proposal, which would slash funding for social safety net programs... Continue Reading -
May 22, 2017
Blumenthal to Sessions: Protect the Free Press
(Hartford, CT)-- Today, U.S. Senator Blumenthal, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, released a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions... Continue Reading -
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in introducing bipartisan... Continue Reading
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Trump Budget Would Eliminate All Future NeighborWorks Funding (Hartford, CT)—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and... Continue Reading
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May 17, 2017
Blumenthal Statement on Justice Department Appointment of Robert Mueller as Special Counsel
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today in response to the Department of Justice’s appointment of Robert... Continue Reading
