Press Releases
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January 28, 2019
Blumenthal & Grassley Introduce Special Counsel Transparency Act
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced transparency legislation today... Continue Reading about Blumenthal & Grassley Introduce Special Counsel Transparency Act -
December 13, 2018
Blumenthal, Harris, Merkley & Klobuchar Introduce Bill To End Predatory Price Gouging On Lifesaving Drugs
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Following new reports on the pervasive nature of Big Pharma’s predatory pricing practices, including on lifesaving opioid overdose drugs, and the... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Harris, Merkley & Klobuchar Introduce Bill To End Predatory Price Gouging On Lifesaving Drugs -
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, a group of twelve senators led by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to raise concerns regarding the... Continue Reading about Senators Demand Justification for Deployment of Active Duty Troops to the Border
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November 19, 2018
Blumenthal, Whitehouse & Hirono Challenge Unlawful Appointment of Matthew Whitaker As Acting Attorney General
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Whitehouse & Hirono Challenge Unlawful Appointment of Matthew Whitaker As Acting Attorney General -
[Washington, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement today in response to proposed Title X enforcement guidance from Department of... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on DeVos Proposal to Gut Campus Sexual Assault Protections
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November 15, 2018
Blumenthal Statement on FDA Flavored Tobacco Products Proposal
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) issued the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today it would move to... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on FDA Flavored Tobacco Products Proposal -
(Washington, D.C.) – Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today sent letters to AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Markey & Wyden Query Mobile Carriers About Throttling Practices
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November 14, 2018
Blumenthal Applauds Senate Passage of Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, applauded Senate passage of... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Applauds Senate Passage of Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill -
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and seven other Democratic Senators, wrote the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today to... Continue Reading about Blumenthal & Warren Lead Senators Requesting FTC Investigation into Colleges That Purchased Data From Illegal Websites Deceiving Recruits, Servicemembers & Veterans
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September 17, 2018
Senators File Suit for Hidden Kavanaugh Documents
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) led U.S. Senators Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Mazie Hirono... Continue Reading about Senators File Suit for Hidden Kavanaugh Documents -
September 16, 2018
Blumenthal Statement on Kavanaugh Nomination
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today: “The Senate Judiciary Committee must now give these allegations the... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on Kavanaugh Nomination -
August 8, 2018
Blumenthal & Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats File Freedom of Information Act Request to Compel Release of Kavanaugh Documents
[WASHINGTON, DC] – In the absence of action by Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans to seek the full scope of documents necessary to properly consider Supreme Court nominee... Continue Reading about Blumenthal & Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats File Freedom of Information Act Request to Compel Release of Kavanaugh Documents -
August 1, 2018
Blumenthal Leads Resolution Condemning Trump Administration's Escalating Attacks on the Media
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Following the Trump administration’s decision to ban CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins from a press event after she questioned President Trump on his relationship... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Leads Resolution Condemning Trump Administration's Escalating Attacks on the Media -
July 13, 2018
Blumenthal, Warren, Nelson & Markey Call on FEMA to Extend Long-Term Housing Support for Victims of Hurricane Maria
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) wrote FEMA Administrator Brock Long,... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Warren, Nelson & Markey Call on FEMA to Extend Long-Term Housing Support for Victims of Hurricane Maria -
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) responded today to President Trump’s new “blueprint” to lower prescription drug... Continue Reading about Blumenthal on Trump Prescription Blueprint: Broken Promises and Missed Opportunities
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today joined U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Bill... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Senators Urge President Trump to Support Universal Flu Vaccine Legislation
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May 10, 2018
Blumenthal, Klobuchar, and Baldwin Call on NextSource to Lower the Skyrocketing Price of Life-Saving Cancer Drug
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) wrote today to the CEO of NextSource Pharmaceuticals demanding... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Klobuchar, and Baldwin Call on NextSource to Lower the Skyrocketing Price of Life-Saving Cancer Drug -
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) levied a $120 million fine... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on Record FCC Fine Against Robocall Scammer
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May 10, 2018
Connecticut Congressional Delegation Applauds Over $1 Million in Federal Funding to Support the Arts
(Hartford, CT)— Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3),... Continue Reading about Connecticut Congressional Delegation Applauds Over $1 Million in Federal Funding to Support the Arts -
May 10, 2018
Blumenthal Statement on Passing of Eunice Groark
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement regarding the passage of Eunice Groark: “Serving with Eunice Groark was a... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on Passing of Eunice Groark