Press Releases
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May 9, 2025
Blumenthal, Murphy & Colleagues Introduce Bill to Empower & Protect VA Health Care Workers & Patients
[HARTFORD, CT] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined colleagues in... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Murphy & Colleagues Introduce Bill to Empower & Protect VA Health Care Workers & Patients -
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Kevin Mullin (D-CA) today led 21 members of the Senate and 27 members... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Schakowsky, & Mullin Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Plans to Eliminate Consumer Product Safety Commission
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[Hartford, CT] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the statement below following the news that the Connecticut State Library has been notified by the Institute... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on Reinstatement of Federal IMLS Grant to CT State Library
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released a statement on President Trump’s nomination of a current Trump... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on Trump Nominating Loyalist as VA's Top Watchdog Official
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – At a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee oversight hearing today, Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) took Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary... Continue Reading about Video: At Hearing, Blumenthal Takes VA Secretary Collins to Task: You Have Failed to Give us Any Information or Answers
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May 6, 2025
Blumenthal, Murphy, & Colleagues Demand DOJ Reverse Cancellation of Hundreds of Public Safety Grants
[HARTFORD, CT] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined 27 Democratic senators in sending a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Murphy, & Colleagues Demand DOJ Reverse Cancellation of Hundreds of Public Safety Grants -
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (“PSI”), is opening a preliminary inquiry... Continue Reading about Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Opens Inquiry into Trump Crypto Corruption
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May 5, 2025
Blumenthal, Senators Raise Alarm with Impact of Trump's Tariff Plan & Trade War on VA's Health Care System
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today led a group of his colleagues to stress their concerns with President Donald... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Senators Raise Alarm with Impact of Trump's Tariff Plan & Trade War on VA's Health Care System -
[Hartford, CT] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal released a statement today on the Pratt & Whitney International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) vote to... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on Pratt & Whitney Machinists Strike
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Condemning the Chaos of the First 100 Days of the Trump Administration [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined his Democratic colleagues speaking on the... Continue Reading about Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 4/25/25-5/2/25
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called on President Donald Trump to reinstate members of the board that oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Calls on Trump to Reinstate Biden Appointees to Holocaust Museum Board
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April 30, 2025
Blunt Rochester, Blumenthal Announce Bill to Help Veterans Keep their Homes, Replace Cancelled VASP Program
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Ahead of the Trump Administration’s rushed cancellation of Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase Program (VASP) tomorrow, May 1st, Senate Veterans’ Affairs... Continue Reading about Blunt Rochester, Blumenthal Announce Bill to Help Veterans Keep their Homes, Replace Cancelled VASP Program -
April 30, 2025
Blumenthal, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Eliminate Red Tape From Trucking Apprenticeship Programs for Veterans
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced legislation... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Eliminate Red Tape From Trucking Apprenticeship Programs for Veterans -
April 30, 2025
Blumenthal, Kennedy, Malliotakis, & Quigley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Hold Animal Abusers Accountable
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John Kennedy (R-LA) today introduced the Better Collaboration, Accountability, and Regulatory Enforcement (CARE)... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Kennedy, Malliotakis, & Quigley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Hold Animal Abusers Accountable -
April 30, 2025
Blumenthal, Warren, Correa, Ramirez, & Lawmakers Demand Answers on Troubling Customs and Border Protection Tactics
[Hartford, CT] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) along with U.S. Representatives Lou Correa (D-CA) and Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), led a... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Warren, Correa, Ramirez, & Lawmakers Demand Answers on Troubling Customs and Border Protection Tactics -
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) recently introduced comprehensive legislation to strengthen and expand veterans’... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Introduces Bill to Improve & Expand Veterans' Mental Health Care
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – At a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing today focused on examining mental health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Ranking Member... Continue Reading about Video: At Hearing, Blumenthal Warns of Harm the Trump Administration's 83,000 "Nonsensical" VA Firings Will Have on Veterans' Mental Health Care
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April 28, 2025
Blumenthal Exposes Billions in Legal Penalties & Fines Elon Musk Stands to Avoid Due to Government Power Grab
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (“PSI” or “the Subcommittee”), released a memo... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Exposes Billions in Legal Penalties & Fines Elon Musk Stands to Avoid Due to Government Power Grab -
April 25, 2025
Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 4/18/25-4/25/25
Calling Out Trump’s Taxes & Rising Prices [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U. S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined local grocers in New Haven to discuss the impact on businesses and... Continue Reading about Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 4/18/25-4/25/25 -
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the statement below after the Department of Justice announced in federal court that it would restore the visa... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement on Trump Administration's Reinstatement of Student Visas