WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) led a bipartisan group of 27 lawmakers, including U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Susan Collins (R-ME), and John Kennedy (R-LA), in introducing legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Judge Constance Baker Motley. In addition to being the first Black w  more