Press Releases
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – With the global demand for inexpensive seafood increasing pressure on suppliers to provide cheap labor and maximize profits, U.S. Senators Richard... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Brown Call on Sysco to Ensure No Human Trafficking in Seafood Supply Chain
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May 23, 2016
Blumenthal Leads Senators in Raising Concerns Over Lack of Basic Consumer Protection for Low-Income Homebuyers
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Following a series of articles in the New York Times investigating an alarming trend in the housing sector known as contract for deed (CFD) homeowner... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Leads Senators in Raising Concerns Over Lack of Basic Consumer Protection for Low-Income Homebuyers -
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced bipartisan legislation to help improve end-of-life care. Open... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Capito Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve End of Life Care
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – On the heels of a Human Rights Watch report that documents and draws attention to the experience of survivors of military sexual trauma, U.S. Senator... Continue Reading about Blumenthal & Pingree Call for Reforms to Outdated DOD Discharge Policies Regarding Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma
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May 19, 2016
Blumenthal Statement on Introduction of Puerto Rico Legislation in the House of Representatives
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today after Members in the House of Representatives introduced legislation to... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on Introduction of Puerto Rico Legislation in the House of Representatives -
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) today introduced commonsense bicameral legislation to standardize food date... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Pingree Introduce Commonsense Bill to Standardize Food Date Labeling
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May 17, 2016
Blumenthal & DeLauro Introduce Bill to End Federal Tax Subsidy for Unhealthy Food, Beverage Marketing to Children
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act to end the federal tax subsidy for unhealthy food and... Continue Reading about Blumenthal & DeLauro Introduce Bill to End Federal Tax Subsidy for Unhealthy Food, Beverage Marketing to Children -
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement today in response to the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB)... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on NTSB Findings on Philadelphia Amtrak Crash
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[HARTFORD, CT] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Murphy, Larson, Himes, Esty Applaud Funding to Address Poverty and Improve Health in Hartford, New Britain, and Stamford
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court remanded Zubik v. Burwell back to the lower courts... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Zubik v Burwell
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May 16, 2016
Blumenthal, Portman Urge Administration to Address Human Trafficking in Seafood Supply Chain
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Co-Chairs of the Senate Caucus to End Human Trafficking, today urged the Obama... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Portman Urge Administration to Address Human Trafficking in Seafood Supply Chain -
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Committee’s approval... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Announces Significant Victories for Connecticut in Defense Legislation
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to executives at 12 major U.S. airlines urging the companies... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Markey to Airlines: Stop Charging Bag Fees This Summer
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – The day after Takata announced an expanded recall of its deadly airbags, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) asked National... Continue Reading about After Takata Expands Airbag Recall, Blumenthal & Markey Ask NHTSA to Publicly Identify All Vehicles on U.S. Roads with Takata Airbags Containing Ammonium Nitrate
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection,... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Welcomes CFPB Action On Forced Arbitration
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Markey Statement on Expanded Takata Airbag Recall
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), released the following statement today after the Connecticut Department of Public Health announced that a... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on First Positive Zika Test of a Pregnant Woman In Connecticut
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April 28, 2016
Blumenthal, Franken Introduce Legislation to Ensure Access to Justice for Telecommunications Consumers
(Washington, DC) – Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) today introduced the Justice for Telecommunications Consumers Act of 2016 to boost accountability... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Franken Introduce Legislation to Ensure Access to Justice for Telecommunications Consumers -
April 28, 2016
Blumenthal, Isakson Unveil Groundbreaking Veterans Legislation to Change Culture at VA
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., ranking member and chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs,... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Isakson Unveil Groundbreaking Veterans Legislation to Change Culture at VA -
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today announced that a provision he introduced to combat cramming on telephone bills passed the U.S. Senate... Continue Reading about Commerce Committee Passes Blumenthal Provision to Stop Cramming on Telephone Bills