Press Releases
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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement in response to recent developments... Continue Reading
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February 24, 2016
Blumenthal, Judiciary Committee Dems: Committee Must Allow Public Hearings for SCOTUS Nominee
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with Democratic colleagues in the Senate Judiciary Committee, called on Republicans to drop their... Continue Reading -
February 24, 2016
Blumenthal Secures Amtrak's Commitment that Hartford Line Will Be Completed By 2018 With No More Cost Overruns
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) yesterday during a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee hearing... Continue Reading -
February 24, 2016
Blumenthal Files Testimony During Connecticut General Assembly Hearing In Support of Recognizing Agent Orange Exposure of Blue Water Navy Veterans
(Hartford, CT)- Yesterday, during a Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing at the Connecticut General Assembly, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) filed testimony on... Continue Reading -
February 23, 2016
Blumenthal Statement on Senate Republicans Refusing to Hold Hearings on Supreme Court Nominee
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate... Continue Reading -
February 22, 2016
Blumenthal Calls for Federal Investigation on Runaway Fuel Fees and Surcharges That Can Double Passenger Fares
(Washington, DC) –U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate hidden, runaway fuel surcharges and... Continue Reading -
February 22, 2016
Blumenthal, Ayotte, Gillibrand Urge Senate HELP Committee to Consider Bipartisan Bill to Combat Tick-Borne Diseases
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) urged the Senate Health, Education, Labor,... Continue Reading -
February 22, 2016
To Combat Opioid Epidemic, Blumenthal, Colleagues Urge FDA to Require Risk Management Strategies for All Prescription Opioids
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Angus King (I-Maine), Kirsten Gillibrand... Continue Reading -
February 19, 2016
Blumenthal Launches Online Initiative to Hear Directly from Students How College Debt Impacts Their Lives
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today launched a new online initiative to hear directly from Connecticut students about how college debt is... Continue Reading -
February 18, 2016
Blumenthal Statement on FCC Vote on Pay-TV Video Boxes
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released the following... Continue Reading -
February 17, 2016
Connecticut Delegation Calls on FRA to Bring Northeast Rail Network into 21st Century, Heed Public Input in Developing Long-Term Vision
(Hartford, CT) – In a letter this week to Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, Congresswoman... Continue Reading -
February 16, 2016
Blumenthal Statement on Grassley Opening Door to Judiciary Committee Hearings for Supreme Court Nominee
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after Judiciary Committee... Continue Reading -
February 13, 2016
Blumenthal Statement on Death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the death of Supreme Court... Continue Reading -
February 12, 2016
Blumenthal Applauds Federal Crumb Rubber Study Announcement
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s announcement today of the... Continue Reading -
February 12, 2016
Blumenthal, Murphy Applaud Senate Passage of Resolution Honoring Connecticut's Submarine Century
(Hartford, CT) - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today applauded last night’s Senate passage of a resolution recognizing and... Continue Reading -
February 12, 2016
Zika: Blumenthal, Murphy, Senate Democrats Stress Importance of Women's Access to Reproductive Heath Care in Light of Spreading Virus
(Washington, D.C.) –U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) led 27 of their Democratic... Continue Reading -
February 11, 2016
Blumenthal Statement on Vote in Favor of Customs Enforcement Bill
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act... Continue Reading -
February 10, 2016
Blumenthal, Markey Statement on VW Recall of 850,000 Vehicles with Potentially-Lethal Takata Airbags
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee,... Continue Reading -
February 10, 2016
Blumenthal, Durbin, Brown, Warren Call for Comprehensive Relief for Students, Veterans Defrauded by DeVry University
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called for... Continue Reading -
February 10, 2016
Blumenthal Resolution Recognizes February 17 as Digital Learning Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Steve Daines (R-MT) today sought to affirm the importance of student data privacy by recognizing February 17,... Continue Reading
