Press Releases
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(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement on the safety investments and enhancements report Metro-North released this... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement On Metro-North Safety Investments, Enhancements Report
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(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today urged the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to immediately... Continue Reading about Schumer, Blumenthal Reveal: Over Five Years Ago, NTSB Recommended Critical Safety Monitoring Systems On All Passenger Trains That Could Prevent The Next Accident - But Federal Railroad Authority Has Yet To Take Any Action Putting Those Requirements In Place; Senators Demand FRA To Immediately Begin Implementing Requirements
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(Hartford, CT) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Murphy Statement On FRA Emergency Order Issued To Metro-North
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December 3, 2013
Blumenthal Applauds FRA Directive Urging MTA To Implement Immediate Safety Stand Down, Employee Reporting Program
(Hartford, CT) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement after the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a directive to the... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Applauds FRA Directive Urging MTA To Implement Immediate Safety Stand Down, Employee Reporting Program -
December 3, 2013
Blumenthal Statement On Malloy Letter To MTA On Sunday Metro-North Train Derailment In Bronx, NY
(Hartford, CT) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement in response to Governor Dannel Malloy’s letter to Metropolitan Transit... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement On Malloy Letter To MTA On Sunday Metro-North Train Derailment In Bronx, NY -
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today issued the following statement after touring the site of Sunday's Metro-North derailment with representatives... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Issues Statement After Touring Site Of Sunday Metro-North Derailment
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December 1, 2013
Blumenthal Statement On Metro-North Train Derailment In Bronx, NY
(Hartford, CT) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement after a Metro-North train derailed in the Riverdale section of New York... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement On Metro-North Train Derailment In Bronx, NY -
November 5, 2013
Blumenthal Issues Statement Ahead Of NTSB Investigative Hearing On Two Metro-North Train Accidents
(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued a statement ahead of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) investigative hearing... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Issues Statement Ahead Of NTSB Investigative Hearing On Two Metro-North Train Accidents -
November 1, 2013
Blumenthal, Murphy Request New York Public Service Commission Compel Consolidated Edison To Compensate Metro-North For Power Outage
(Hartford, CT) - In a letter today to Consolidated Edison, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), joined by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) pressed the New York utility to... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Murphy Request New York Public Service Commission Compel Consolidated Edison To Compensate Metro-North For Power Outage -
October 21, 2013
Blumenthal Announces Field Hearing On Metro-North Power Failure
(Hartford, CT) –U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced today that he will chair a field hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Announces Field Hearing On Metro-North Power Failure -
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Richard Blumenthal today called on the Department of Energy and the New York State Public Service Commission to... Continue Reading about Schumer, Blumenthal Call For Immediate Federal Audit & Investigation Into Power Failure Along Metro-North’s New Haven Line – Problem Could Reoccur Along Other Railroads, Including LIRR
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September 25, 2013
Blumenthal Statement On Lawsuit Filed Against DOT For Failing To Issue Rear Visibility Safety Standard
(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued a statement after Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and other auto safety groups filed a... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement On Lawsuit Filed Against DOT For Failing To Issue Rear Visibility Safety Standard -
September 24, 2013
Blumenthal Statement On NTSB Investigative Hearing To Be Held On Metro-North Derailment, Collision
(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that it... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement On NTSB Investigative Hearing To Be Held On Metro-North Derailment, Collision -
September 3, 2013
Blumenthal, Murphy, DeLauro Announce $10 Million For New Haven State Street Station
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3) announced today the award of a $10 million... Continue Reading about Blumenthal, Murphy, DeLauro Announce $10 Million For New Haven State Street Station -
June 21, 2013
Blumenthal Announces Metro-North to Install Rail Shunts on New Haven Line within Four Weeks
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced today that Metro-North Railroad will implement a pilot program within the next four weeks to install... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Announces Metro-North to Install Rail Shunts on New Haven Line within Four Weeks -
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today urged MTA to implement immediately an urgent recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Urges MTA To Immediately Adopt Urgent Safety Recommendation From NTSB
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June 5, 2013
Blumenthal Issues Statement Responding to Updated NTSB Findings Regarding Bridgeport Rail Collision
(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement today responding to updated National Transportation Safety Board findings regarding... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Issues Statement Responding to Updated NTSB Findings Regarding Bridgeport Rail Collision -
(Washington, DC) – At 2:30 PM today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) will participate in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation... Continue Reading about Following Connecticut Rail Collision, Senator Blumenthal To Question Secretary Of Transportation Nominee Anthony R. Foxx On Rail Infrastructure Investment
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(Hartford, CT) -- U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement today regarding the train collision in Connecticut: "I have been in close contact with... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Issues Statement Regarding Connecticut Train Collision
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April 26, 2013
Blumenthal Statement On Congress's Passage Of Bill To Avert Furloughs, Tower Closures
(Hartford, CT) –Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement in response to Congress’s passage of a bill that would give the Federal... Continue Reading about Blumenthal Statement On Congress's Passage Of Bill To Avert Furloughs, Tower Closures