Press Releases
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August 27, 2015
Blumenthal, Markey Reiterate Call for NHTSA to Increase Reporting, Transparency on Potentially Fatal Auto Defects
Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey, members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today reiterated their call... Continue Reading -
Senators urge TSA to immediately complete measures required in 2007 legislation “Tens of millions of riders use our country’s public transportation and passenger... Continue Reading
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CARS Foundation Investigation Found CarMax Dealerships in Hartford and East Haven Connecticut offered for sale 74 “Certified” Cars With Potentially Lethal... Continue Reading
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(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal released the following statement today after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the U.S. Department of... Continue Reading
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(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today released the following statement after Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent submitted an op-ed to the Wall Street... Continue Reading
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August 20, 2015
Blumenthal Calls on FAA to Step up Enforcement of Drones After Surge in Airplane “Close Calls” with Reckless Unmanned Aircraft
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released a letter today to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) calling on it to take tough enforcement... Continue Reading -
(Hartford, CT) – After new reports of defects in Takata airbags installed on a 2015-model car, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)... Continue Reading
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(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement today ahead of Friday’s graduation of the first female Army Rangers.... Continue Reading
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(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the death of former nine-term State Representative Julia... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2015
Blumenthal, Experts Call on Universities to Distance Themselves from Coca-Cola’s Latest Threat to Public Health
Coca-Cola Paid $1.5 Million to Found Research Organization Promoting Exercise, Not Diet, as Best Way to Combat Obesity Coca-Cola Attempts to Whitewash Role of Sugary Drinks in... Continue Reading -
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, issued the... Continue Reading
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(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined with his colleagues Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dick Durbin... Continue Reading
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(Hartford, CT) – Following a recent Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) identifying that the majority of railroads will miss the December 31, 2015 deadline to... Continue Reading
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August 12, 2015
Blumenthal, Murphy, Himes, Esty Back Federal Funds for Metro-North Danbury Branch Improvements
(Hartford, CT) – In a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.),... Continue Reading -
August 11, 2015
Blumenthal Statement on Truck Driver Fatigue as Cause of Truck Accident Involving Tracy Morgan, Per NTSB
(Hartford, CT) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement on the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB)... Continue Reading -
(HARTFORD) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) discussed the findings of a new congressional report analyzing the airline industry’s use of extra... Continue Reading
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August 10, 2015
Blumenthal Visits Planned Parenthood to Vow Support for Women’s Health Following GOP Attack
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today visited Planned Parenthood of Southern New England’s New Haven office to vow support for... Continue Reading -
August 06, 2015
Blumenthal, Murray, Warren Request Inspector General Examination of Education Department's Student Loan Servicers' Compliance Review
A copy of the letter is available here A copy of the Warren staff report is available here (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Senate Health,... Continue Reading -
August 06, 2015
Blumenthal, Murphy Introduce Legislation to Prohibit Employers from Requiring Credit Report Disclosure
Fact Sheet is Available Here Text of the Legislation is Available Here (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) this week... Continue Reading -
August 05, 2015
Blumenthal, Markey Continue Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking, Child Labor with Supply Chain Transparency Bill
(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Co-Chair of the Senate Caucus to End Human Trafficking, and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)... Continue Reading
