Press Releases
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May 17, 2011
Blumenthal Pushes for Information on Corporate Interception of Wireless Internet Signals
(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today sent letters to leading executives at Google, Microsoft, Research in Motion, Nokia, Apple and Skyhook Wireless... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Pushes for Information on Corporate Interception of Wireless Internet Signals -
(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today wrote to the heads of the three major credit reporting bureaus – Equifax Inc., Experian, and TransUnion... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Calls on Credit Reporting Bureaus to Explain Reports of “V.I.P.” Lists
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(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal today welcomed the Navy’s decision to homeport the USS California (SSN-781) Virginia-class submarine at the Navy’s... Continue Reading about Senator Blumenthal Praises Assignment of New Submarine to New London Sub Base
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(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today announced his support for the Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, introduced this week by Senators Bob Menendez... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Supports “Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act”
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(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today pressed Google on the collection and use of data it obtained from millions of consumers across the world during the... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Presses Google on Wi-Spy Data Collection “Debacle”
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(Hartford, CT) –Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today commended Sony Network Entertainment America (SNEA) for responding to his request to provide both information and... Continue Reading about Blumenthal on Sony Response: “A Strong First Step”
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WASHINGTON, DC – In response to reports of frequent shortages of life-saving pharmaceutical products at hospitals around the country, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Tom... Continue Reading about Casey, Harkin, Blumenthal Request GAO Study on Drug Shortages
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(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal today continued to pressure Sony executives for answers following new reports that the company’s data breach included the... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Demands Answers from Sony Executives Following Additional Security Breach
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May 4, 2011
Senators Lieberman and Blumenthal Praise Nomination of Christopher Droney to Second Circuit Court of Appeals
(Washington, DC) – Senators Joe Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal released statements today praising President Obama’s nomination of U.S. District Judge Christopher F.... Continue Reading about Senators Lieberman and Blumenthal Praise Nomination of Christopher Droney to Second Circuit Court of Appeals -
(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal today wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder at the Department of Justice, as well as the heads of the Federal Trade Commission,... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Calls for Investigation into Potential Criminal Activity in Oil Markets
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***EDITOR’S NOTE: FOOTAGE OF FLOOR SPEECH AVAILABLE ON FTP*** Slug: [Senator Blumenthal Delivers Floor Speech Honoring Connecticut Victims of 9/11] FTP:... Continue Reading about Senator Blumenthal Delivers Floor Speech Honoring Connecticut Victims of 9/11
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(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released a statement in response to the news that American forces have captured and killed Osama Bin Laden, the... Continue Reading about Senator Blumenthal Statement on Killing of Osama Bin Laden by US Forces
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(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Navy’s awarding of $1.2 billion for the construction of the... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Applauds Awarding of Funds for Second Virginia Class Submarine
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(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today called for the Department of Justice to investigate all aspects of the Sony PlayStation Network data breach, sending... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Calls for DOJ Investigation of Sony Playstation Data Breach
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April 27, 2011
Sens. Franken, Blumenthal, Rep. Hank Johnson Announce Legislation Giving Consumers More Power in the Courts against Corporations
WASHINGTON, D.C. [04/27/11]—After consumers were dealt a blow today when the Supreme Court ruled that companies can ban class action suits in contracts, U.S. Sens. Al Franken... Continue Reading about Sens. Franken, Blumenthal, Rep. Hank Johnson Announce Legislation Giving Consumers More Power in the Courts against Corporations -
(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) received notice from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman John Wellinghoff... Continue Reading about Officials Follow Blumenthal and Delauro’s Call to Review Housatonic Flood Plan
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(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today reiterated his call for Sony to notify millions of customers of a data breach in the PlayStation Network sometime... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Continues to Push Sony over Playstation Data Breach
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(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement this afternoon on the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that they will... Continue Reading about Senator Blumenthal Applauds DHS Decision to Grant Mariano Cardoso Stay of Removal
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(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote the President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America today demanding answers over the company’s failure... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Demands Answers from Sony over Playstation Data Breach
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April 25, 2011
Senator Blumenthal Calls for DOJ Investigation into Oil Speculation, Potential Criminal Wrongdoing
(Hartford, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today reiterated his call for strong investigatory action on whether potentially illegal practices might be driving up gas... Continue Reading about Senator Blumenthal Calls for DOJ Investigation into Oil Speculation, Potential Criminal Wrongdoing