WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [Hartford, CT] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) applauded President Joe Biden's signing into law of the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act. The legislation would restore full Social Security benefits for teachers, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public servants by repealing two provisions of current law, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Governmen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MI) today sharing his concern that the Committee is preparing to move forward with the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense without access to full information - including a standard FBI background check - about Hegseth's personal conduct and prev  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [WASHINGTON, DC] - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, met with Doug Collins, the presumptive nominee to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to discuss his plans to serve America's veterans and their families.= "I made clear to Doug Collins that VA needs a leader who is willing to protect and expand the h  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement today after meeting Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's presumptive nominee to serve as U.S. Attorney General. "I continue to be troubled that President-elect Trump views the Department of Justice (DOJ) as his personal law firm--and the U.S. Attorney General  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today after meeting with President-Elect Donald Trump's presumptive nominee to serve as Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon: "Today, I made clear to Linda McMahon my strong opposition to President-elect Trump's plan to dismantle or eliminate the Department of Education. This step would threaten to destroy   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after meeting on Wednesday with President-Elect Donald Trump's presumptive nominee to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security, Governor Kristi Noem. "My conversation with Governor Kristi Noem included a discussion of our shared commi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) issued the following statement in response to a new bipartisan staff report released today by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget detailing the results of a year-long investigation into the effects of private equity ("PE") ownership of health care institutions. The investigation included hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings, a Califo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the below statement following the announcement that Vanessa Avery will step down as United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut: "I regret, but fully understand, Vanessa Avery's departure, and I am grateful for her dedicated, highly successful service as U.S. Attorney. Her leadership has been insightful and incisive   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote to Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Richard L. Revesz, Administrator of Information and Regulatory Affairs, urging OMB to approve a proposed rule from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) establishing a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and other tobacco products. A  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tina Smith (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) wrote to Jim Jones, Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), seeking an explanation regarding the agency's plans to significantly reduce funding for state and local food safety programs. These programs perform a major  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Monday released a statement on the Biden administration's decision to issue waivers to aid groups and companies providing humanitarian aid and essential services to Syrians: "Easing restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid will help provi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Monday released a statement on the Biden administration's decision to issue waivers to aid groups and companies providing humanitarian aid and essential services to Syrians: "Easing restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Monday released the following statement on enactment of the Social Security Fairness Act. Murphy co-sponsored the legislation. "This is a big win for working people who have dedicated their lives to serving their communities. Retired teachers, firefighters, postal workers, police officers, and   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Monday released the following statement on enactment of the Social Security Fairness Act. Murphy co-sponsored the legislation. "This is a big win for working people who have dedicated their lives to serving their communities. Retired teachers, firefighters, postal workers, pol  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced new rules to prevent credit reports from reflecting overdue medical bills and prohibit companies from using unpaid medical debts to assess creditworthiness. The CFPB estimat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced new rules to prevent credit reports from reflecting overdue medical bills and prohibit companies from using unpaid medical debts to assess creditworthiness. The CFPB estimates that these rule  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday released the following statement on the inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro: "The Venezuelan people decisively elected Edmundo Gonzalez, and yet it's Nicolas Maduro who was inaugurated today. For months, Maduro has cracked down on his opposition by jailing protestors  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: BRIDGEPORT--U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04) joined Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim to announce that Bridgeport was selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation to receive a $24.6 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant to fund the construction of a new Congress Street  more