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class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.5</span> <span>Stanley Works</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stanley_Works-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tomasso_Group_and_Rowland_corruption" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tomasso_Group_and_Rowland_corruption"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.6</span> <span>Tomasso Group and Rowland corruption</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tomasso_Group_and_Rowland_corruption-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Charter_schools_lawsuit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Charter_schools_lawsuit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.7</span> <span>Charter schools lawsuit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Charter_schools_lawsuit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_transmission_organization" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_transmission_organization"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.8</span> <span>Regional transmission organization</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_transmission_organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gina_Kolb_lawsuit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gina_Kolb_lawsuit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.9</span> <span>Gina Kolb lawsuit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gina_Kolb_lawsuit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Big_East_and_ACC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Big_East_and_ACC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.10</span> <span>Big East and ACC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Big_East_and_ACC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Interstate_84" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interstate_84"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.11</span> <span>Interstate 84</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interstate_84-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lyme_disease_guidelines_investigation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lyme_disease_guidelines_investigation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.12</span> <span>Lyme disease guidelines investigation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lyme_disease_guidelines_investigation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MySpace/Facebook" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MySpace/Facebook"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.13</span> <span>MySpace/Facebook</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MySpace/Facebook-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Craigslist" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Craigslist"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.14</span> <span>Craigslist</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Craigslist-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Terrorist_surveillance_program" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Terrorist_surveillance_program"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.15</span> <span>Terrorist surveillance program</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Terrorist_surveillance_program-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Countrywide_Financial" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Countrywide_Financial"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.16</span> <span>Countrywide Financial</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Countrywide_Financial-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Global_warming" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Global_warming"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.17</span> <span>Global warming</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Global_warming-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prospect_of_gubernatorial_candidacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prospect_of_gubernatorial_candidacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Prospect of gubernatorial candidacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prospect_of_gubernatorial_candidacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-U.S._Senate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#U.S._Senate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>U.S. Senate</span> </div> </a> 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<span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>2016</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2016-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2022" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2022"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.3</span> <span>2022</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2022-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tenure_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tenure_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Tenure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tenure_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Committee_assignments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Committee_assignments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Committee assignments</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American lawyer and politician (born 1946)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Richard Blumenthal</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg/220px-Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg/330px-Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg/440px-Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2368" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2011</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 3, 2011<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">Chris Murphy</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Dodd" title="Chris Dodd">Chris Dodd</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">23rd <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Attorney General of Connecticut</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 9, 1991 – January 5, 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lowell_P._Weicker_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Lowell P. Weicker Jr.">Lowell Weicker</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Rowland" title="John G. Rowland">John Rowland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jodi_Rell" title="Jodi Rell">Jodi Rell</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clarine_Nardi_Riddle" title="Clarine Nardi Riddle">Clarine Nardi Riddle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Jepsen" title="George Jepsen">George Jepsen</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut Senate">Connecticut Senate</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_27th_State_Senate_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut's 27th State Senate District">27th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 4, 1987 – January 3, 1991</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Anthony Truglia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Jepsen" title="George Jepsen">George Jepsen</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">Connecticut House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_145th_assembly_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut's 145th assembly district">145th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />April 11, 1984 – November 4, 1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Anthony Truglia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Pavia" title="Nicholas Pavia">Nicholas Pavia</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">United States Attorney</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Connecticut" title="United States District Court for the District of Connecticut">District of Connecticut</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 22, 1977 – November 1, 1981</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Dorsey" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Dorsey">Peter Dorsey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Nevas" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Nevas">Alan Nevas</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1946-02-13</span>) </span>February 13, 1946<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 78)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Cynthia Malkin</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1982)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4, including <a href="/wiki/Matt_Blumenthal" title="Matt Blumenthal">Matt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Blumenthal" title="David Blumenthal">David Blumenthal</a> <span class="nowrap">(younger brother)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_L._Malkin" title="Peter L. Malkin">Peter L. Malkin</a> <span class="nowrap">(father-in-law)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_D._Malkin" title="Scott D. Malkin">Scott D. 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background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">Marine Corps Reserve</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1970–1976</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">Sergeant</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Blumenthal_on_his_support_for_the_Inflation_Reduction_Act.ogg" title="File:Richard Blumenthal on his support for the Inflation Reduction Act.ogg">Richard Blumenthal's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="326" data-mwtitle="Richard_Blumenthal_on_his_support_for_the_Inflation_Reduction_Act.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Richard_Blumenthal_on_his_support_for_the_Inflation_Reduction_Act.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/Richard_Blumenthal_on_his_support_for_the_Inflation_Reduction_Act.ogg/Richard_Blumenthal_on_his_support_for_the_Inflation_Reduction_Act.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Richard Blumenthal on his support for the <a href="/wiki/Inflation_Reduction_Act_of_2022" class="mw-redirect" title="Inflation Reduction Act of 2022">Inflation Reduction Act</a><br />Recorded August 6, 2022</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Richard Blumenthal</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">BLOO</span>-mən-thahl</i></a>; born February 13, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who is the <a href="/wiki/Seniority_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Seniority in the United States Senate">senior</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, he is one of the wealthiest members of the Senate,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a net worth over $100 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Anand_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anand-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Attorney General of Connecticut</a> from 1991 to 2011. </p><p>Blumenthal graduated from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, where he was chair of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Harvard_Crimson" title="The Harvard Crimson">The Harvard Crimson</a></i>, then studied for a year at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge" title="Trinity College, Cambridge">Trinity College, Cambridge</a>, before attending <a href="/wiki/Yale_Law_School" title="Yale Law School">Yale Law School</a>, where he was editor-in-chief of the <i><a href="/wiki/Yale_Law_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Yale Law Journal">Yale Law Journal</a></i>. From 1970 to 1976, Blumenthal served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">United States Marine Corps Reserve</a>, attaining the rank of <a href="/wiki/Sergeant#United_States" title="Sergeant">sergeant</a>. After law school, Blumenthal passed the bar and served as administrative assistant and law clerk for several <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> figures. From 1977 to 1981, he was <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">United States Attorney</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Connecticut" title="United States District Court for the District of Connecticut">District of Connecticut</a>. In the early 1980s he worked in private law practice, including as volunteer counsel for the <a href="/wiki/NAACP_Legal_Defense_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="NAACP Legal Defense Fund">NAACP Legal Defense Fund</a>. </p><p>Blumenthal served one term in the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">Connecticut House of Representatives</a> from 1985 to 1987; in 1986 he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut Senate">Connecticut Senate</a> and began service in 1987. He was elected <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Attorney General of Connecticut</a> in 1990 and served for 20 years. During this period political observers speculated about him as a contender for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Connecticut">governor of Connecticut</a>, but he never pursued the office. Blumenthal announced his <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2010 United States Senate election in Connecticut">2010</a> run for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> after <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a> Senator <a href="/wiki/Chris_Dodd" title="Chris Dodd">Chris Dodd</a> announced his retirement. He faced <a href="/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon">Linda McMahon</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestling</a> magnate, in the 2010 election, winning with 55% of the vote. He was sworn in on January 5, 2011. After <a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Joe Lieberman</a> retired in 2013, Blumenthal became Connecticut's senior senator. He was reelected in <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2016 United States Senate election in Connecticut">2016</a> with 63.2% of the vote, becoming the first person to receive more than a million votes in a statewide election in Connecticut, and reelected again in <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut">2022</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blumenthal was born into a <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> family in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn, New York">Brooklyn, New York</a>, the son of Jane (<i>née</i> Rosenstock) and Martin Blumenthal. At age 17, Martin Blumenthal immigrated to the United States from <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt,_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankfurt, Germany">Frankfurt, Germany</a>; Jane was raised in <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a>, graduated from <a href="/wiki/Radcliffe_College" title="Radcliffe College">Radcliffe College</a>, and became a social worker.<sup id="cite_ref-courant_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courant-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Martin Blumenthal had a career in financial services and became president of a commodities trading firm.<sup id="cite_ref-ny81_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ny81-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jane's father, Fred "Fritz" Rosenstock, raised cattle, and as youths Blumenthal and his brother often visited their grandfather's farm. Blumenthal's brother <a href="/wiki/David_Blumenthal" title="David Blumenthal">David Blumenthal</a> is a doctor and health care policy expert who became president of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Fund" title="Commonwealth Fund">Commonwealth Fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blumenthal attended <a href="/wiki/Riverdale_Country_School" title="Riverdale Country School">Riverdale Country School</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Riverdale,_The_Bronx" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverdale, The Bronx">Riverdale</a> section of <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">the Bronx</a>. He then attended <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a>, from which he graduated in 1967 with an <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">A.B.</a> degree <i><a href="/wiki/Magna_cum_laude" class="mw-redirect" title="Magna cum laude">magna cum laude</a></i> and membership in <a href="/wiki/Phi_Beta_Kappa" title="Phi Beta Kappa">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. As an undergraduate, he was editorial chairman of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Harvard_Crimson" title="The Harvard Crimson">The Harvard Crimson</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal was a summer intern reporter for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> in the London Bureau.<sup id="cite_ref-ctpost.com_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctpost.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was selected for a Fiske Fellowship, which allowed him to study at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge" title="Trinity College, Cambridge">Trinity College</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a> in England for one year after graduation from Harvard. </p><p>In 1973, Blumenthal received his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/Yale_Law_School" title="Yale Law School">Yale Law School</a>, where he was editor-in-chief of the <i><a href="/wiki/Yale_Law_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Yale Law Journal">Yale Law Journal</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Yale, he was classmates with future <a href="/wiki/US_President" class="mw-redirect" title="US President">president</a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> and future <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his co-editors of the <i>Yale Law Journal</i> was future <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor" title="United States Secretary of Labor">United States Secretary of Labor</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reich" title="Robert Reich">Robert Reich</a>. He was also a classmate of future Supreme Court Justice <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas">Clarence Thomas</a> and radio host <a href="/wiki/Michael_Medved" title="Michael Medved">Michael Medved</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service_and_controversy">Military service and controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military service and controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blumenthal received five <a href="/wiki/Selective_Service_System#1969_to_1975" title="Selective Service System">draft deferments</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first educational deferments, then deferments based on his occupation.<sup id="cite_ref-Dick_Blumenthal,_Reporting_for_Duty_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dick_Blumenthal,_Reporting_for_Duty-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1970, he enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">United States Marine Corps Reserve</a>, which, as <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> noted, "virtually guaranteed that he would not be sent to Vietnam".<sup id="cite_ref-Dick_Blumenthal,_Reporting_for_Duty_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dick_Blumenthal,_Reporting_for_Duty-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Vietnam_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Vietnam-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served in units stationed in Washington, D.C., and Connecticut from 1970 to 1976,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> attaining the rank of <a href="/wiki/Sergeant#United_States" title="Sergeant">sergeant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2010 United States Senate election in Connecticut">2010 Senate campaign</a>, news report videos that showed Blumenthal claiming he had served in Vietnam created a controversy.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He denied having intentionally misled voters, but acknowledged having occasionally "misspoken" about his service record.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later apologized to voters for remarks about his military service that he said had not been "clear or precise".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blumenthal served as administrative assistant to Senator <a href="/wiki/Abraham_A._Ribicoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Abraham A. Ribicoff">Abraham A. Ribicoff</a>, as aide to <a href="/wiki/Daniel_P._Moynihan" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel P. Moynihan">Daniel P. Moynihan</a> when Moynihan was Assistant to President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, and as a law clerk to Judge <a href="/wiki/Jon_O._Newman" title="Jon O. Newman">Jon O. Newman</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Connecticut" title="United States District Court for the District of Connecticut">U.S. District Court of the District of Connecticut</a>, and to <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court Justice">Supreme Court Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Harry_A._Blackmun" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry A. Blackmun">Harry A. Blackmun</a>. </p><p>Before becoming attorney general, Blumenthal was a partner in the law firm of Cummings & Lockwood, and subsequently in the law firm of Silver, Golub & Sandak.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1982, while still at Cummings & Lockwood, he created and chaired the Citizens Crime Commission of Connecticut, a private, nonprofit organization.<sup id="cite_ref-SA01_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SA01-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1981 to 1986, he was a volunteer counsel for the <a href="/wiki/NAACP_Legal_Defense_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="NAACP Legal Defense Fund">NAACP Legal Defense Fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ctpost.com_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctpost.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At age 31, Blumenthal was appointed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">United States Attorney</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Connecticut" title="United States District Court for the District of Connecticut">District of Connecticut</a>, serving from 1977 to 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the chief federal prosecutor of that state, he successfully prosecuted many major cases involving <a href="/wiki/Drug_trafficking" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug trafficking">drug traffickers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">organized crime</a>, <a href="/wiki/White-collar_crime" title="White-collar crime">white collar criminals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights" title="Civil and political rights">civil rights</a> violators, <a href="/wiki/Consumer_fraud" title="Consumer fraud">consumer fraud</a>, and environmental pollution.<sup id="cite_ref-ctpost.com_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctpost.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1982, he married Cynthia Allison Malkin.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the daughter of real estate investor <a href="/wiki/Peter_L._Malkin" title="Peter L. Malkin">Peter L. Malkin</a>. Her maternal grandfather was lawyer and philanthropist <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Wien" title="Lawrence Wien">Lawrence Wien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984, when he was 38, Blumenthal was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">Connecticut House of Representatives</a>, representing the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_145th_assembly_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut's 145th assembly district">145th district</a>. In 1987, he won a special election to fill a vacancy in the 27th district of the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut Senate">Connecticut Senate</a>, at age 41.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SA01_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SA01-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal resided in <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford, Connecticut</a>. </p><p>In the 1980s, Blumenthal testified in the state legislature in favor of abolishing Connecticut's <a href="/wiki/Death_penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="Death penalty">death penalty</a> statute. He did so after representing Joseph Green Brown, a Florida death row inmate who was found to have been <a href="/wiki/Wrongful_conviction" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrongful conviction">wrongly convicted</a>. Blumenthal succeeded in staving off Brown's execution just 15 hours before it was scheduled to take place, and gained a new trial for Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attorney_General_of_Connecticut">Attorney General of Connecticut</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Attorney General of Connecticut"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blumenthal was elected the 23rd attorney general of Connecticut in 1990 and reelected in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. On October 10, 2002, he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Raymond_E._Baldwin_Award_for_Public_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Raymond E. Baldwin Award for Public Service">Raymond E. Baldwin Award for Public Service</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_School_of_Law" title="Quinnipiac University School of Law">Quinnipiac University School of Law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pequot_land_annexation_bid">Pequot land annexation bid</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pequot land annexation bid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 1995, Blumenthal and the state of Connecticut filed lawsuits challenging a decision by the Department of the Interior to approve a bid by the federally recognized <a href="/wiki/Mashantucket_Pequot" class="mw-redirect" title="Mashantucket Pequot">Mashantucket Pequot</a> for annexation of 165 acres of land in the towns of <a href="/wiki/Ledyard,_Connecticut" title="Ledyard, Connecticut">Ledyard</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Stonington,_Connecticut" title="North Stonington, Connecticut">North Stonington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Connecticut" title="Preston, Connecticut">Preston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pequot were attempting to have the land placed in a federal trust, a legal designation to provide them with land for their sovereign control, as long years of colonization had left them landless. Blumenthal argued that the Interior Department's decision in support of this action was "fatally, legally flawed, and unfair" and that "it would unfairly remove land from the tax rolls of the surrounding towns and bar local control over how the land is used, while imposing [a] tremendous burden."<sup id="cite_ref-zielbauer_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zielbauer-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tribe announced the withdrawal of the land annexation petition in February 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-zielbauer_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zielbauer-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interstate_air_pollution">Interstate air pollution</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Interstate air pollution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1997, Blumenthal and Governor <a href="/wiki/John_G._Rowland" title="John G. Rowland">John G. Rowland</a> petitioned the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a> (EPA) to address interstate air pollution problems created from Midwest and southeastern sources.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The petition was filed in accordance with Section 126 of the <a href="/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_(United_States)" title="Clean Air Act (United States)">Clean Air Act</a>, which allows a state to request pollution reductions from out-of-state sources that contribute significantly to its air quality problems. </p><p>In 2003, Blumenthal and the attorneys general of eight other states (New York, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont) filed a federal lawsuit against the Bush administration for "endangering air quality by gutting a critical component of the federal Clean Air Act."<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suit alleged that changes in the act would have exempted thousands of industrial air pollution sources from the act's New Source Review provision and that the new rules and regulations would lead to an increase in air pollution. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tobacco">Tobacco</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tobacco"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While attorney general, Blumenthal was one of the leaders of a 46-state lawsuit against the tobacco industry, which alleged that the companies involved had deceived the public about the dangers of smoking.<sup id="cite_ref-Cummings_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cummings-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He argued that the state of Connecticut should be reimbursed for <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> expenses related to smoking. In 1998, the tobacco companies reached a <a href="/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agreement" title="Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement">$246 billion national settlement</a>, giving the 46 states involved 25 years of reimbursement payments. Connecticut's share of the settlement was estimated at $3.6 billion. </p><p>In December 2007, Blumenthal filed suit against <a href="/wiki/R._J._Reynolds_Tobacco_Company" title="R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company">RJ Reynolds</a>, alleging that a 2007 Camel advertising spread in <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolling Stone magazine">Rolling Stone magazine</a></i> used cartoons in violation of the master tobacco settlement, which prohibited the use of cartoons in cigarette advertising because they entice children and teenagers to smoke.<sup id="cite_ref-OAG120407_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OAG120407-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company paid the state of Connecticut $150,000 to settle the suit and agreed to end the advertising campaign. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Microsoft_lawsuit">Microsoft lawsuit</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Microsoft lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 1998, Blumenthal and the attorneys general of 19 other states and the District of Columbia filed an <a href="/wiki/Anti-trust" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-trust">anti-trust</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp._(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States v. Microsoft Corp. (2001)">lawsuit</a> against <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>, accusing it of abusing its monopoly power to stifle competition.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suit, which centered on Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/Windows_98" title="Windows 98">Windows 98</a> operating system and its contractual restrictions imposed on <a href="/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">personal computer</a> manufacturers to tie the operating system to its <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a> browser, was eventually merged with a federal case brought by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> (DOJ) under Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Janet_Reno" title="Janet Reno">Janet Reno</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rooney_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rooney-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2000 landmark federal court decision ruled that Microsoft had violated antitrust laws, and the court ordered that the company be broken up. In 2001, the federal appeals court agreed, but rather than break up the company, it sent the case to a new judge to hold hearings and determine appropriate remedies.<sup id="cite_ref-OAG073007_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OAG073007-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Remedies were later proposed by Blumenthal and eight other attorneys general; these included requiring that Microsoft license an unbundled version of Windows in which middleware and operating system code were not commingled.<sup id="cite_ref-OAG120711_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OAG120711-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, the Bush administration's DOJ settled with Microsoft in an agreement criticized by many states and other industry experts as insufficient.<sup id="cite_ref-OAG073007_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OAG073007-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2002, a federal court ruling imposed those same remedies. In August 2007, Blumenthal and five other states and the District of Columbia filed a report alleging that the federal settlement with Microsoft and court-imposed Microsoft remedies had failed to adequately reduce Microsoft's monopoly.<sup id="cite_ref-OAG073007_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OAG073007-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Stanley_Works">Stanley Works</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Stanley Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 10, 2002, Blumenthal and Connecticut State Treasurer <a href="/wiki/Denise_L._Nappier" class="mw-redirect" title="Denise L. Nappier">Denise L. Nappier</a> helped to stop the hostile takeover of <a href="/wiki/New_Britain,_Connecticut" title="New Britain, Connecticut">New Britain-based</a> <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanley Works">Stanley Works</a>, a major Connecticut employer, by filing a lawsuit alleging that the move to reincorporate in <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> based on a shareholder's vote of May 9<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was "rife with voting irregularities." The agreement to temporarily halt the move was signed by New Britain Superior Court Judge Marshall Berger.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 3 Blumenthal referred the matter to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</a> (SEC) for further investigation<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on June 25 he testified before the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means">U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means</a> that "Longtime American corporations with operations in other countries can dodge tens of millions of dollars in federal taxes by the device of reincorporating in another country" by "simply [filing] incorporation papers in a country with friendly tax laws, open a post-office box and hold an annual meeting there" and that Stanley Works, along with "<a href="/wiki/Cooper_Industries" title="Cooper Industries">Cooper Industries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seagate_Technology" title="Seagate Technology">Seagate Technologies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ingersoll-Rand" class="mw-redirect" title="Ingersoll-Rand">Ingersoll-Rand</a> and <a href="/wiki/PricewaterhouseCoopers" class="mw-redirect" title="PricewaterhouseCoopers">PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting</a>, to name but a few, have also become pseudo-foreign corporations for the sole purpose of saving tax dollars." Blumenthal said, "Corporations proposing to reincorporate to Bermuda, such as Stanley, often tell shareholders that there is no material difference in the law", but said that this was not the case and was misleading to their shareholders.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to rectify this situation he championed the Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act to close tax loopholes.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tomasso_Group_and_Rowland_corruption">Tomasso Group and Rowland corruption</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tomasso Group and Rowland corruption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blumenthal was involved in a series of lawsuits against associates of Connecticut governor Rowland and the various entities of the <a href="/wiki/Tomasso_Group" title="Tomasso Group">Tomasso Group</a> over Tomasso's bribing of state officials, including Rowland, in exchange for the awarding of lucrative state contracts.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal subpoenaed Tomasso Brothers Inc.; Tomasso Brothers Construction Co.; TBI Construction Co. LLC; Tunxis Plantation Country Club; Tunxis Management Co.; Tunxis Management Co. II; and Tenergy Water LLC (all part of the Tomasso Group). Lawyers for the Tomasso Group argued that the attorney general had no special power to look into the operations of private firms under whistleblower law as no actual whistleblowers had come forward and all incriminating testimony was in related federal cases. Connecticut law requires the attorney general to both be the attorney for the state and investigate the state government's misdeeds, and the rules governing the office did not adequately address this inherent conflict of interest.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state's case against the Tomasso Group failed but federal investigations ended in prison sentences for the Group's president, for Rowland, and for a number of his associates. The Tomasso Group stopped bidding on state contracts to avoid a substantial legal challenge from Blumenthal under newly written compliance statutes.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Charter_schools_lawsuit">Charter schools lawsuit</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Charter schools lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 1999, Blumenthal announced a lawsuit against Robin Barnes, the president and treasurer of New Haven-based <a href="/wiki/Charter_school" title="Charter school">charter school</a> the Village Academy, for serious financial mismanagement of the state-subsidized charitable organization.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Citing common law, the suit sought to recover money misspent and serious damages resulting from Barnes's alleged breach of duty.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Supreme_Court" title="Connecticut Supreme Court">Connecticut Supreme Court</a> decision, <i>Blumenthal v. Barnes</i> (2002), a unanimous court determined that the state attorney general could act using only the powers specifically authorized by the state legislature, and that since the attorney general's jurisdiction is defined by statute rather than common law, Blumenthal lacked the authority to cite common law as the basis for filing suit against Barnes.<sup id="cite_ref-QPLJ_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QPLJ-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CourantBarnes_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CourantBarnes-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYTBarnes1_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTBarnes1-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this ruling, Blumenthal announced that he intended to pursue a separate 2000 lawsuit against the school's trustees filed on behalf of the State Department of Education.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTBarnes2_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTBarnes2-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regional_transmission_organization">Regional transmission organization</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Regional transmission organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003 Blumenthal, former <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Attorney_General" title="Massachusetts Attorney General">Massachusetts Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Reilly_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Thomas Reilly (Massachusetts politician)">Tom Reilly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> <a href="/wiki/State_attorney_general" title="State attorney general">Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_C._Lynch" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick C. Lynch">Patrick C. Lynch</a>, and consumer advocates from Connecticut, <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> opposed "the formation of a regional transmission organization (RTO) that would merge three Northeast and mid-Atlantic power operators, called Independent Service Operators (ISOs), into a single super-regional RTO."<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a press release, he said, "This fatally flawed RTO proposal will raise rates, reduce accountability and reward <a href="/wiki/Market_manipulation" title="Market manipulation">market manipulation</a>. It will increase the power and profits of transmission operators with an immediate $40 million price tag for consumers."<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opposition was due to a report authored by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.synapse-energy.com/aboutus/">Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100527150637/http://www.synapse-energy.com/aboutus/">Archived</a> May 27, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a>-based energy consulting firm, that alleged that consumers would be worse off under the merger.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gina_Kolb_lawsuit">Gina Kolb lawsuit</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Gina Kolb lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, Blumenthal sued Computer Plus Center of East Hartford and its owner, Gina Kolb, on behalf of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was alleged that CPC overcharged $50 per computer, $500,000 in total, on a three-year, $17.2 million contract to supply computers to the state.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Damage_award_reduced_in_computer_case"_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Damage_award_reduced_in_computer_case"-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal sued for $1.75 million.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Damage_award_reduced_in_computer_case"_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Damage_award_reduced_in_computer_case"-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kolb was arrested in 2004 and charged with first-degree larceny.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kolb later countersued, claiming the state had grossly abused its power.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Damage_award_reduced_in_computer_case"_65-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Damage_award_reduced_in_computer_case"-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kolb was initially awarded $18.3 million in damages, but Blumenthal appealed the decision and the damages initially awarded were reduced to $1.83 million.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Damage_award_reduced_in_computer_case"_65-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Damage_award_reduced_in_computer_case"-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Superior Court judge Barry Stevens described the jury's initial award of $18.3 million as a "shocking injustice" and said it was "influenced by partiality or mistake."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Damage_award_reduced_in_computer_case"_65-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Damage_award_reduced_in_computer_case"-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Big_East_and_ACC">Big East and ACC</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Big East and ACC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blumenthal played a pivotal role in the expansion of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> and the departures of <a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Miami" title="University of Miami">Miami</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech" title="Virginia Tech">Virginia Tech</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a>. He led efforts by the Big East football schools (Virginia Tech, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia) in legal proceedings against the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a>, the University of Miami and Boston College, accusing them of improper disclosure of confidential information and of conspiring to dismantle the Big East. According to Blumenthal, the case was pursued because "the future of the Big East Conference was at risk—the stakes huge for both state taxpayers and the university's good name."<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNACC_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNACC-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suits cost the schools involved $2.2 million in the first four months of litigation.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lawsuit against the ACC was initially dismissed on jurisdictional grounds but was subsequently refiled.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A declaratory judgment by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Judicial_Court_of_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts">Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts</a> exonerated <a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a> in the matter. <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech" title="Virginia Tech">Virginia Tech</a> accepted an invitation from the ACC and withdrew from the suit to remove itself from the awkward position of suing its new conference. An out-of-court $5 million settlement was eventually reached, which included a $1 million exit fee that Boston College was required to pay the Big East under the league's constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNACC_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNACC-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (April 2023)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> have speculated that the lawsuit was one of the biggest reasons that the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Connecticut" title="University of Connecticut">University of Connecticut</a> was not sought after by the ACC during its <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%932014_NCAA_conference_realignment" title="2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment">2011 additions</a> of then-Big East members <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>. From 2013 to 2020 UConn was a member of the less lucrative <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a>, the successor to the original Big East, before rejoining the Big East in 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interstate_84">Interstate 84</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Interstate 84"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 2, 2006, Blumenthal launched an investigation of a botched reconstruction project of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_84_(east)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 84 (east)">Interstate 84</a> in <a href="/wiki/Waterbury,_Connecticut" title="Waterbury, Connecticut">Waterbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut" title="Cheshire, Connecticut">Cheshire</a>. The original contractor for the job, L.G. DeFelice, went out of business and it was later revealed that hundreds of storm drains had been improperly installed.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal subsequently announced lawsuits against L.G. DeFelice and the Maguire Group, the engineering firm that inspected the project. United States Fidelity & Guaranty, the insurer behind the performance bond for the I-84 construction, agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle the claims. Under the agreement, the state of Connecticut retained the right to sue L.G. DeFelice for additional funds.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, the bonding company agreed to pay an additional $4.6 million settlement, bringing the total award to $22.1 million ($30,000 more than the repair costs).<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lyme_disease_guidelines_investigation">Lyme disease guidelines investigation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Lyme disease guidelines investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2006, Blumenthal tried, as <a href="/wiki/Paul_A._Offit" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul A. Offit">Paul A. Offit</a> described it, "to legislate a disease, <a href="/wiki/Chronic_Lyme" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronic Lyme">Chronic Lyme</a>, into existence".<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He launched an antitrust investigation into the <a href="/wiki/Infectious_Diseases_Society_of_America" title="Infectious Diseases Society of America">Infectious Diseases Society of America</a>'s (IDSA's) 2006 guidelines regarding the treatment of <a href="/wiki/Lyme_disease" title="Lyme disease">Lyme disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Responding to concerns from <a href="/wiki/Chronic_Lyme_disease" title="Chronic Lyme disease">chronic Lyme disease</a> advocacy groups, Blumenthal claimed the IDSA guidelines would "severely constrict choices and legitimate diagnosis and treatment options for patients."<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The medical validity of the IDSA guidelines was not challenged,<sup id="cite_ref-idsa_2008_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idsa_2008-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a journalist writing in <i><a href="/wiki/Nature_Medicine" title="Nature Medicine">Nature Medicine</a></i> suggested some IDSA members may not have disclosed potential conflicts of interest,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while a <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes (magazine)">Forbes</a></i> piece described Blumenthal's investigation as "intimidation" of scientists by an elected official with close ties to Lyme advocacy groups.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_the_American_Medical_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of the American Medical Association">Journal of the American Medical Association</a></i> described the decision as an example of the "politicization of health policy" that went against the weight of scientific evidence and may have a <a href="/wiki/Chilling_effect_(term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chilling effect (term)">chilling effect</a> on future decisions by medical associations.<sup id="cite_ref-Kraemer_2009_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kraemer_2009-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Blumenthal ended the investigation after the IDSA agreed to conduct a review of the guidelines.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, an eight-member independent review panel unanimously agreed that the original 2006 guideline recommendations were "medically and scientifically justified" in the light of the evidence. The committee did not change any of the earlier recommendations but did alter some of the language in an executive summary of the findings.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal said he would review the final report.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="MySpace/Facebook"><span id="MySpace.2FFacebook"></span>MySpace/Facebook</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: MySpace/Facebook"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2006, Blumenthal noted that more than seven incidents of sexual assault in Connecticut had been linked directly to <a href="/wiki/MySpace" class="mw-redirect" title="MySpace">MySpace</a> contacts.<sup id="cite_ref-businessweek_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-businessweek-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earlier that year, Blumenthal and attorneys general in at least five other states were involved in discussions with MySpace that resulted in the implementation of technological changes aimed at protecting children from pornography and child predators on the company's website.<sup id="cite_ref-businessweek_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-businessweek-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Blumenthal's urging, MySpace installed a link to free blocking software ("K9 Web Protection"), but in May 2006, Blumenthal announced that the site had failed to make the program easy to find and that it was not clearly labeled.<sup id="cite_ref-CTGOVMay06_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTGOVMay06-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also urged MySpace to take further steps to safeguard children, including purging deep links to pornography and inappropriate material, tougher age verification, and banning users under 16.<sup id="cite_ref-CTGOVMay06_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTGOVMay06-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blumenthal was co-chair, along with North Carolina Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper">Roy Cooper</a>, of the State Attorney General Task Force on Social Networking. In 2008, the attorneys general commissioned the Internet Safety Technical Task Force report, which researched "ways to help squash the onslaught of sexual predators targeting younger social-networking clients".<sup id="cite_ref-PCMag_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCMag-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blumenthal's office subpoenaed MySpace for information about the number of registered sex offenders on its site. In 2009, MySpace revealed that over a two-year span it had roughly 90,000 members who were registered sex offenders (nearly double what MySpace officials had originally estimated one year earlier).<sup id="cite_ref-PCMag_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCMag-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CNN_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CTGOVFeb09_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTGOVFeb09-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal accused MySpace of having "monstrously inadequate counter-measures" to prevent sex offenders from creating MySpace profiles. </p><p>Blumenthal and Cooper secured agreements from MySpace and <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> to make their sites safer. Both implemented dozens of safeguards, including finding better ways to verify users' ages, banning convicted sex offenders, and limiting the ability of older users to search for members under 18.<sup id="cite_ref-[[MSNBC]]_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-[[MSNBC]]-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, Blumenthal helped lead the Kids Online Safety Act to address depression, sexual exploitation, bullying, harassment, and other harms children experience online.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Craigslist">Craigslist</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Craigslist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2008, Blumenthal issued a letter to Craigslist attorneys demanding that the website cease allowing postings for erotic services, which he claimed promoted prostitution, and accused the site of "turning a blind eye" to the problem.<sup id="cite_ref-norwich_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norwich-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked with Craigslist and a group of 40 attorneys general to create new measures on the site designed to thwart ads for prostitution and other illegal sexual activities. In April 2009, Craigslist came under the scrutiny of law enforcement agencies following the arrest of <a href="/wiki/Philip_Markoff" title="Philip Markoff">Philip Markoff</a> (the "Craigslist Killer"), suspected of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through Craigslist at a Boston hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-CNET_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Marks_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marks-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal subsequently called for a series of specific measures to fight prostitution and pornography on Craigslist—including steep financial penalties for rule breaking, and incentives for reporting wrongdoing.<sup id="cite_ref-CTGOVApr09_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTGOVApr09-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said, "Craigslist has the means—and moral obligation—to stop the pimping and prostituting in plain sight." </p><p>Leading a coalition of 39 states, in May 2010 Blumenthal subpoenaed Craigslist as part of an investigation into whether the site was taking sufficient action to curb prostitution ads and whether it was profiting from them.<sup id="cite_ref-CNET_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said that prostitution ads remained on the site despite previous assurances that they would be removed.<sup id="cite_ref-CNET_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The subpoena sought documents related to Craigslist's processes for reviewing potentially objectionable ads, as well as documents detailing the revenue gained from ads sold to Craigslist's erotic services and adult services categories.<sup id="cite_ref-Silk_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silk-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2010, Blumenthal called on Craigslist to shut the section down permanently and take steps to eradicate prostitution ads from other parts of the site. He also called on Congress to alter a landmark communications law (the <a href="/wiki/Communications_Decency_Act" title="Communications Decency Act">Communications Decency Act</a>) that Craigslist has cited in defense of the ads.<sup id="cite_ref-Silk_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silk-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following continued pressure, Craigslist removed the adult services sections from its U.S. sites in September 2010<sup id="cite_ref-Bray_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bray-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOX2010_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOX2010-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from its international sites in December 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-SFGate_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFGate-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal called the decision a victory against sexual exploitation of women and children, and against human trafficking connected to prostitution.<sup id="cite_ref-SFGate_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFGate-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blumenthal and other state attorneys general reached a settlement with Craigslist on the issue; the settlement called for the company to charge people via credit card for any ads that were suggestive in nature so the person could be tracked down if they were determined to be offering prostitution. But Blumenthal remarked that after the settlement, the ads continued to flourish using code words.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Terrorist_surveillance_program">Terrorist surveillance program</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Terrorist surveillance program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2007, Blumenthal and the attorneys general of four other states lobbied Congress to reject proposals to provide immunity from litigation to telecommunications firms that cooperated with the federal government's <a href="/wiki/Terrorist_surveillance_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrorist surveillance program">terrorist surveillance program</a> following the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008 Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed into law a new terrorist surveillance bill including the telecom immunity provisions Blumenthal opposed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Countrywide_Financial">Countrywide Financial</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Countrywide Financial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2008, Blumenthal announced that Connecticut had joined California, Illinois and Florida in suing subprime mortgage lender <a href="/wiki/Countrywide_Financial" class="mw-redirect" title="Countrywide Financial">Countrywide Financial</a> (now owned by <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_America" title="Bank of America">Bank of America</a>) for fraudulent business practices.<sup id="cite_ref-AGcountrywide_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGcountrywide-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suit alleged that Countrywide pushed consumers into "deceptive, unaffordable loans and workouts, and charged homeowners in default unjustified and excessive legal fees." According to Blumenthal, "Countrywide conned customers into loans that were clearly unaffordable and unsustainable, turning the American Dream of homeownership into a nightmare" and when consumers defaulted, "the company bullied them into workouts doomed to fail." He also claimed that Countrywide "crammed unconscionable legal fees into renegotiated loans, digging consumers deeper into debt" and "broke promises that homeowners could refinance, condemning them to hopelessly unaffordable loans."<sup id="cite_ref-AGcountrywide_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGcountrywide-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lawsuit demanded that Countrywide make restitution to affected borrowers, give up improper gains and rescind, reform or modify all mortgages that broke state laws. It is also sought civil fines of up to $100,000 per violation of state banking laws, and up to $5,000 per violation of state consumer protection laws.<sup id="cite_ref-USATodaycountrywide_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USATodaycountrywide-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2008, Bank of America initially agreed to settle the states' suits for $8.4 billion, and in February 2010, Countrywide mailed payments of $3,452.54 to 370 Connecticut residents.<sup id="cite_ref-Courantcountrywide_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Courantcountrywide-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The settlement forced Bank of America to establish a $150 million fund to help repay borrowers whose homes had been foreclosed upon, $1.3 million of which went to Connecticut. </p><p>Blumenthal commented in defense of U.S. senator and <a href="/wiki/Senate_Banking_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Banking Committee">Senate Banking Committee</a> chair <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Dodd" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Dodd">Christopher Dodd</a>, who had been harshly criticized for accepting a <a href="/wiki/Chris_Dodd#Countrywide_Financial_loan_controversy" title="Chris Dodd">VIP loan from Countrywide</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "there's no evidence of wrongdoing on [Mr. Dodd's] part any more than victims who were misled or deceived by Countrywide." In August 2010, Dodd was cleared by the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Ethics_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Ethics Committee">Senate Ethics Committee</a>, which found "no credible evidence" that he knowingly tried to use his status as a U.S. senator to receive loan terms not available to the public.<sup id="cite_ref-Courantcountrywide_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Courantcountrywide-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Global_warming">Global warming</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Global warming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blumenthal has been a vocal advocate of the <a href="/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change" title="Scientific consensus on climate change">scientific consensus on climate change</a>, that human activity is responsible for <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">rising global temperatures</a> and that prompt action to reduce <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions" title="Greenhouse gas emissions">greenhouse gas emissions</a> must be taken. He has urged the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Protection_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</a> to declare <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a> a dangerous air pollutant. "I urge the new Obama EPA to declare carbon dioxide a danger to human health and welfare so we can at last begin addressing the potentially disastrous threat global warming poses to health, the environment and our economy. We must make up for lost time before it's too late to curb dangerous warming threatening to devastate the planet and human society."<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has brought suit against a number of <a href="/wiki/Electric_utility" title="Electric utility">electric utilities</a> in the Midwest, arguing that <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a>-burning <a href="/wiki/Power_plants" class="mw-redirect" title="Power plants">power plants</a> are generating excess CO<sub style="font-size: 80%;vertical-align: -0.35em">2</sub> emissions. In 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Circuit_Court_of_Appeals" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Circuit Court of Appeals">Second Circuit Court of Appeals</a> agreed to allow Blumenthal's lawsuit to proceed.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal has said, "no reputable climate scientist disputes the reality of global warming. It is fact, plain and simple. Dithering will be disastrous."<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prospect_of_gubernatorial_candidacy">Prospect of gubernatorial candidacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Prospect of gubernatorial candidacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blumenthal was often considered a top prospect for the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Connecticut">governor of Connecticut</a>, but never ran for the office. </p><p>On March 18, 2007, <i><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Courant" title="Hartford Courant">Hartford Courant</a></i> columnist Kevin Rennie reported that Blumenthal had become seriously interested in running for governor in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 2, 2009, Blumenthal announced he would forgo a gubernatorial run and seek reelection that year as attorney general.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Senate">U.S. Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010">2010</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2010 United States Senate election in Connecticut">2010 United States Senate election in Connecticut</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut_results_map_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut_results_map_by_county.svg/220px-2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut_results_map_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut_results_map_by_county.svg/330px-2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut_results_map_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut_results_map_by_county.svg/440px-2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut_results_map_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="595" /></a><figcaption>Election results by county</figcaption></figure> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Dodd" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Dodd">Chris Dodd</a> announced on January 6, 2010, that he would retire from the Senate at the end of his term, Blumenthal told the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> that he would run in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010">the election</a> for Dodd's seat in November 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that day, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden called Blumenthal to express their best wishes.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The same day, <a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a> released a poll they took on the two preceding evenings, including races where Blumenthal was paired against each of the three most-mentioned Republicans contending for their party's nomination for the seat. He led by at least 30% in each hypothetical race: against <a href="/wiki/Rob_Simmons" title="Rob Simmons">Rob Simmons</a> (59%–28%), against <a href="/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon">Linda McMahon</a> (60%–28%), and against <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schiff" title="Peter Schiff">Peter Schiff</a> (63%–23%), with a 4.3% <a href="/wiki/Margin_of_error" title="Margin of error">margin of error</a> cited.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a> also polled after Blumenthal announced his candidacy and found a somewhat more competitive race, but with Blumenthal holding a strong lead. </p><p>A February poll by Rasmussen found that Blumenthal held leads of 19 against Simmons and 20 against McMahon, and that Republicans had made up little ground since the initial Rasmussen poll after Blumenthal announced.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 21, Blumenthal received the Democratic nomination by acclamation.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The New York Times</i> reported that Blumenthal misspoke on at least one occasion by saying he'd served with the military "in Vietnam".<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Vietnam_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Vietnam-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Video emerged of him speaking to a group of veterans and supporters in March 2008 in <a href="/wiki/Norwalk,_Connecticut" title="Norwalk, Connecticut">Norwalk</a>, saying, in reference to supporting troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, "We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam."<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were also other occasions where he accurately described his military service. At a 2008 ceremony in Shelton, Connecticut, he said, "I served during the Vietnam era... I remember the taunts, the insults, sometimes even physical abuse."<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Vietnam_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Vietnam-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blumenthal's commanding officer in 1974 and 1975, Larry Baldino of <a href="/wiki/Woodbridge,_Connecticut" title="Woodbridge, Connecticut">Woodbridge</a>, addressed the controversy in a <a href="/wiki/Letter_to_the_editor" title="Letter to the editor">letter to the editor</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Haven_Register" title="New Haven Register">New Haven Register</a></i>. Baldino wrote that the misleading statement was too "petty" to be the basis for supporting or not supporting Blumenthal. Baldino further called Blumenthal "good-natured" and "one of the best Marines with whom I ever worked".<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Days after the nomination, <a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac University Polling Institute</a> polling indicated that Blumenthal held a 25-point lead over McMahon.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cook Political Report changed its assessment of the race to <i>Leans Democratic</i>, making Blumenthal the favored candidate over McMahon.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blumenthal won the November 2 election, defeating McMahon 55% to 43%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016">2016</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2016 United States Senate election in Connecticut">2016 United States Senate election in Connecticut</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CT_16Sen_results_no_title.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/CT_16Sen_results_no_title.png/500px-CT_16Sen_results_no_title.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="354" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/CT_16Sen_results_no_title.png/750px-CT_16Sen_results_no_title.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/CT_16Sen_results_no_title.png/1000px-CT_16Sen_results_no_title.png 2x" data-file-width="3507" data-file-height="2480" /></a><figcaption>Results of the 2016 U.S. Senate election in Connecticut by town</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Augie_Wolf" title="Augie Wolf">August Wolf</a>, a bond salesman and former Olympian, was the only declared Republican candidate running against Blumenthal in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2016">2016 Senate election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2015, economist <a href="/wiki/Larry_Kudlow" title="Larry Kudlow">Larry Kudlow</a> threatened to run against Blumenthal if Blumenthal voted in favor of the Iran Nuclear Deal.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a pair of Quinnipiac polls on October 15, 2015, Blumenthal had a 34-point lead over Kudlow<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a 35-point lead over Wolf.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blumenthal was reelected with 63% of the vote against Republican state representative <a href="/wiki/Dan_Carter_(American_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan Carter (American politician)">Dan Carter</a>, becoming the first person in Connecticut's history to receive over a million votes in a single election.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2022">2022</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut">2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut</a></div> <p>In November 2020, Blumenthal announced that he would seek reelection in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the general election, he defeated <a href="/wiki/Leora_Levy" title="Leora Levy">Leora Levy</a>, who defeated former Connecticut House Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Themis_Klarides" title="Themis Klarides">Themis Klarides</a> in the Republican primary.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure_2">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Blumenthal_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Richard_Blumenthal_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="143" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="143" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Blumenthal during the <a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th Congress</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Blumenthal was sworn into the <a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th United States Congress</a> on January 5, 2011. He announced plans to return to Connecticut every weekend to join a "listening tour" of his home state.<sup id="cite_ref-sworn_in_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sworn_in-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Navy_Distinguished_Public_Service_Medal_Awardee_Richard_Blumenthal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Navy_Distinguished_Public_Service_Medal_Awardee_Richard_Blumenthal.jpg/220px-Navy_Distinguished_Public_Service_Medal_Awardee_Richard_Blumenthal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Navy_Distinguished_Public_Service_Medal_Awardee_Richard_Blumenthal.jpg/330px-Navy_Distinguished_Public_Service_Medal_Awardee_Richard_Blumenthal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Navy_Distinguished_Public_Service_Medal_Awardee_Richard_Blumenthal.jpg/440px-Navy_Distinguished_Public_Service_Medal_Awardee_Richard_Blumenthal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1109" data-file-height="1199" /></a><figcaption>Secretary of the Navy <a href="/wiki/Ray_Mabus" title="Ray Mabus">Ray Mabus</a> presents the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Distinguished_Public_Service_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Distinguished Public Service Medal">Navy Distinguished Public Service Medal</a> to U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal in 2012.</figcaption></figure> <p>In March 2012, Blumenthal and New York senator <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> gained national attention after they called upon Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Eric_Holder" title="Eric Holder">Eric Holder</a> and the Department of Justice to investigate practices by employers to require Facebook passwords for employee applicants and workers.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blumenthal worked with Senator <a href="/wiki/Mark_Kirk" title="Mark Kirk">Mark Kirk</a> to eliminate pensions for members of Congress who are convicted of felonies while serving in office.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Blumenthal_v._Trump" title="Blumenthal v. Trump">Blumenthal v. Trump</a></i>, Blumenthal and Representative <a href="/wiki/John_Conyers" title="John Conyers">John Conyers Jr.</a> led a group of 196 congressmen in filing a federal lawsuit accusing <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">President Trump</a> of violating the <a href="/wiki/Title_of_Nobility_Clause" class="mw-redirect" title="Title of Nobility Clause">emoluments clause</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">US Constitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the wake of the <a href="/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 storming of the United States Capitol">2021 storming of the United States Capitol</a>, Blumenthal blamed Trump, saying that Trump "incited, instigated and supported" the attack. He called for Vice President <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a> to invoke the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal also requested an investigation into the lack of response from law enforcement and the military.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2021, Blumenthal gave a speech honoring three local labor activists at an awards ceremony in New Haven that was hosted by the Connecticut People's World Committee, an affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_USA" title="Communist Party USA">Connecticut Communist Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stuart_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stuart-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After criticism from national Republican politicians and conservative media outlets, Blumenthal said that he is "a strong supporter and believer in American capitalism" and would not have attended had he known of the group's Communist ties.<sup id="cite_ref-Keating_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keating-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Committee on Armed Services</a><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Airland" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland">Subcommittee on Airland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Personnel" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel">Subcommittee on Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Readiness_and_Management_Support" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support">Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Seapower" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower">Subcommittee on SeaPower</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Homeland_Security_Permanent_Subcommittee_on_Investigations" title="United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations">Subcommittee on Investigations</a> (Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Homeland_Security_Subcommittee_on_Government_Operations_and_Border_Management" title="United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management">Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary">Committee on the Judiciary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Competition_Policy,_Antitrust_and_Consumer_Rights" title="United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights">Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Federal_Courts,_Oversight,_Agency_Action_and_Federal_Rights" title="United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights">Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Human_Rights_and_the_Law" title="United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law">Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Privacy,_Technology_and_the_Law" title="United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law">Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_the_Constitution" title="United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution">Subcommittee on the Constitution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Veterans%27_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Special_Committee_on_Aging" title="United States Senate Special Committee on Aging">Special Committee on Aging</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Expand_Social_Security_Caucus" title="Expand Social Security Caucus">Expand Social Security Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_Oceans_Caucus" title="Senate Oceans Caucus">Senate Oceans Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_Ukraine_Caucus" title="Senate Ukraine Caucus">Senate Ukraine Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Coalition_on_Adoption" class="mw-redirect" title="Congressional Coalition on Adoption">Congressional Coalition on Adoption</a><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislation_sponsored">Legislation sponsored</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Legislation sponsored"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is an incomplete list of legislation that Blumenthal has sponsored: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affordable_College_Textbook_Act_(S._1864;_115th_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Affordable College Textbook Act (S. 1864; 115th Congress)">Affordable College Textbook Act (S. 1864; 115th Congress)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Conservative_Union" title="American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</a> gave him a 3% lifetime conservative rating in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blumenthal is pro-choice. He supports efforts to make it a crime for demonstrators to block access to health clinics. He opposed efforts by <a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walmart</a> to ban the sale of <a href="/wiki/Emergency_contraception" title="Emergency contraception">emergency contraception</a> and supports requirements that pharmacies fill birth control prescriptions. He supports federal funding for family planning clinics.<sup id="cite_ref-OTAbortion_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OTAbortion-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women%27s_Health_Organization" title="Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization"><i>Roe v. Wade</i> was overturned</a> in June 2022, Blumenthal said the decision "strips women of the freedom to make their own health care decisions & puts that power in the hands of the government."<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Animal_welfare">Animal welfare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Animal welfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2024, Blumenthal and U.S. representatives <a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Earl Blumenauer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Fitzpatrick_(American_politician)" title="Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician)">Brian Fitzpatrick</a> introduced the <a href="/wiki/Captive_Primate_Safety_Act" title="Captive Primate Safety Act">Captive Primate Safety Act</a>, which would prohibit private ownership of <a href="/wiki/Chimpanzees" class="mw-redirect" title="Chimpanzees">chimpanzees</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Pet_monkey" title="Pet monkey">primates as pets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legislation was endorsed by <a href="/wiki/Animal_rights" title="Animal rights">animal rights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Animal_welfare" title="Animal welfare">animal welfare</a> groups and <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States" title="Law enforcement in the United States">law enforcement</a> associations.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_142-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Foreign relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="China">China</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2018, Blumenthal stated his support for "strong efforts to crack down on intellectual property theft and unfair trade practices by China or any other nation", but said that Trump was implementing "trade policy by tweet, reaction based on impulse and rash rhetoric that can only escalate tensions with all economic powers and lead to a trade war" and that U.S. actions through trade without a strategy or an endgame seemed "highly dangerous" to the American economy.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2018, Blumenthal cosponsored a bipartisan bill that would reinstate penalties on <a href="/wiki/ZTE" title="ZTE">ZTE</a> for export control violations in addition to barring American government agencies from either purchasing or leasing equipment or services from ZTE or <a href="/wiki/Huawei" title="Huawei">Huawei</a>. The bill was offered as an amendment to the <a href="/wiki/John_S._McCain_National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019">National Defense Authorization Act for 2019</a> and was in direct contrast to the Trump administration's announced intent to ease sanctions on ZTE.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2018, Blumenthal and 16 other lawmakers urged the Trump administration to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act against <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of China">Chinese officials</a> who are responsible for <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps" class="mw-redirect" title="Xinjiang re-education camps">human rights abuses</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghur</a> <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_China" title="Islam in China">Muslim</a> minority in the <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They wrote, "The detention of as many as a million or more Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in 'political reeducation' centers or camps requires a tough, targeted, and global response."<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2019, Blumenthal was a cosponsor of the South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act, a bipartisan bill reintroduced by <a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Cardin" title="Ben Cardin">Ben Cardin</a> that was intended to disrupt China's consolidation or expansion of its claims of jurisdiction over both the sea and air space in disputed zones in the South China Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2019, Blumenthal was a cosponsor of the Defending America's 5G Future Act, a bill that would prevent Huawei from being removed from the "entity list" of the Commerce Department without an act of Congress and authorize Congress to block administration waivers for U.S. companies to do business with Huawei. The bill would also codify Trump's executive order from the previous May that empowered his administration to block foreign tech companies deemed a national security threat from conducting business in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Middle_East">Middle East</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Middle East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Congressional_Delegation_visit_to_Israel_on_October_22,_2023_-_84.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/United_States_Congressional_Delegation_visit_to_Israel_on_October_22%2C_2023_-_84.jpg/220px-United_States_Congressional_Delegation_visit_to_Israel_on_October_22%2C_2023_-_84.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/United_States_Congressional_Delegation_visit_to_Israel_on_October_22%2C_2023_-_84.jpg/330px-United_States_Congressional_Delegation_visit_to_Israel_on_October_22%2C_2023_-_84.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/United_States_Congressional_Delegation_visit_to_Israel_on_October_22%2C_2023_-_84.jpg/440px-United_States_Congressional_Delegation_visit_to_Israel_on_October_22%2C_2023_-_84.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7453" data-file-height="5324" /></a><figcaption>Blumenthal with Israeli prime minister <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> in Israel on October 22, 2023 </figcaption></figure> <p>In March 2017, Blumenthal co-sponsored the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Anti-Boycott_Act" title="Israel Anti-Boycott Act">Israel Anti-Boycott Act</a> (S.270), which made it a federal crime, punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment,<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for Americans to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">Israeli settlements</a> in the occupied <a href="/wiki/Israeli-occupied_territories" title="Israeli-occupied territories">Palestinian territories</a> if protesting actions by the Israeli government.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2019, Blumenthal was one of nine Democratic senators to sign a letter to <a href="/wiki/Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Salman of Saudi Arabia">Salman of Saudi Arabia</a> requesting the release of human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair and writer <a href="/wiki/Raif_Badawi" title="Raif Badawi">Raif Badawi</a>, women's rights activists <a href="/wiki/Loujain_al-Hathloul" title="Loujain al-Hathloul">Loujain al-Hathloul</a> and Samar Badawi, and Dr. Walid Fitaih. The senators wrote, "Not only have reputable international organizations detailed the arbitrary detention of peaceful activists and dissidents without trial for long periods, but the systematic discrimination against women, religious minorities and mistreatment of migrant workers and others has also been well-documented."<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2022, Saudi Arabia, with Russia, announced a cut of 2 million barrels a day of oil production at the OPEC+ meeting. Blumenthal accused <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> of undermining U.S. efforts and helping to boost <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>. In an opinion piece, he and <a href="/wiki/Ro_Khanna" title="Ro Khanna">Ro Khanna</a> proposed to promptly pause the massive transfer of American warfare technology to Saudi Arabia and take a tougher stance against the kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_shutdown">Government shutdown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Government shutdown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2019, Blumenthal and 38 other senators signed a letter to the Appropriations Committee opining that contractor workers and by extension their families "should not be penalized for a government shutdown that they did nothing to cause" while noting that there were bills in both chambers of Congress that would provide back pay to compensate contractor employees for lost wages, urging the Appropriations Committee "to include back pay for contractor employees in a supplemental appropriations bill for FY2019 or as part of the regular appropriations process for FY2020."<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gun_control">Gun control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Gun control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blumenthal_Guns_(34368837663)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Blumenthal_Guns_%2834368837663%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Blumenthal_Guns_%2834368837663%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Blumenthal_Guns_%2834368837663%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Blumenthal_Guns_%2834368837663%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Blumenthal_Guns_%2834368837663%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Blumenthal_Guns_%2834368837663%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2740" data-file-height="2748" /></a><figcaption>Blumenthal speaks in favor of gun control in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>Blumenthal supports gun control. He supports a national assault weapons ban and introduced such a ban in 2017 and 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-weaponban_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weaponban-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-banconsensus_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-banconsensus-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2010, Blumenthal had a "F" rating from the <a href="/wiki/NRA_Political_Victory_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="NRA Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a> for his pro-gun-control voting record.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to the <a href="/wiki/2015_San_Bernardino_attack" title="2015 San Bernardino attack">2015 San Bernardino attack</a>, Blumenthal gave his support for improved access to <a href="/wiki/Mental_health" title="Mental health">mental health</a> resources and <a href="/wiki/Universal_background_checks" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal background checks">universal background checks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Frumin1003_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frumin1003-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2016, Blumenthal was one of 18 senators to sign a letter to <a href="/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran">Thad Cochran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mikulski" title="Barbara Mikulski">Barbara Mikulski</a> requesting that the Labor, Health and Education subcommittee hold a hearing on whether to allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to fund a study of gun violence and "the annual appropriations rider that some have interpreted as preventing it" with taxpayer dollars. The senators noted their support for taking steps "to fund gun-violence research, because only the United States government is in a position to establish an integrated public-health research agenda to understand the causes of gun violence and identify the most effective strategies for prevention."<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_nightclub_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando nightclub shooting">Orlando nightclub shooting</a>, Blumenthal said, "The Senate's inaction on commonsense gun violence prevention makes it complicit in this public health crisis. Prayers and platitudes are insufficient. The American public is beseeching us to act on commonsense, sensible gun violence prevention measures, and we must heed that call."<sup id="cite_ref-Berkowitz61616_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berkowitz61616-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2016, Blumenthal participated in the <a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy_gun_control_filibuster" title="Chris Murphy gun control filibuster">Chris Murphy gun control filibuster</a>, speaking in support of the Feinstein Amendment, which would have banned people known to be or suspected of being terrorists from buying guns.<sup id="cite_ref-Drabold1003_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Drabold1003-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, he stated his support for efforts to require toy or fake firearms to have orange parts so they could more easily be distinguished from real guns.<sup id="cite_ref-NHR104_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHR104-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to the <a href="/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting" title="2017 Las Vegas shooting">2017 Las Vegas shooting</a>, Blumenthal declared in an interview with <a href="/wiki/Judy_Woodruff" title="Judy Woodruff">Judy Woodruff</a>, "we must break the grip of the NRA". He continued, "we can at least save lives. Would it have prevented the Las Vegas atrocity, that unspeakable tragedy? We will never know. But it might have, and we can definitely prevent such mass shootings by adopting these kinds of commonsense measures."<sup id="cite_ref-Woodruff1003_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woodruff1003-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Blumenthal was a cosponsor of the NICS Denial Notification Act,<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> legislation developed in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Stoneman_Douglas_High_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoneman Douglas High School shooting">Stoneman Douglas High School shooting</a> that would require federal authorities to inform states within a day after a person failing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System attempted to buy a firearm.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2019, Blumenthal was one of 40 senators to introduce the Background Check Expansion Act, a bill that would require background checks for either the sale or transfer of all firearms including all unlicensed sellers. Exceptions to the bill's background check requirement included transfers between members of law enforcement, loaning firearms for either hunting or sporting events on a temporary basis, providing firearms as gifts to members of one's immediate family, firearms being transferred as part of an inheritance, or giving a firearm to another person temporarily for immediate self-defense.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, Blumenthal was one of four senators to cosponsor the Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, legislation that would ban suppressors being imported, sold, made, sent elsewhere or possessed and grant a silencer buyback program as well as include certain exceptions for current and former law enforcement personnel and others. The bill was intended to respond to the <a href="/wiki/2019_Virginia_Beach_shooting" title="2019 Virginia Beach shooting">Virginia Beach shooting</a>, where the perpetrator used a .45-caliber handgun with multiple extended magazines and a suppressor.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care">Health care</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2019, Blumenthal and 22 other Democratic senators introduced the State Public Option Act, a bill that would authorize states to form a Medicaid buy-in program for all residents and thereby grant all denizens of the state the ability to buy into a state-driven Medicaid health insurance plan if they wished. <a href="/wiki/Brian_Schatz" title="Brian Schatz">Brian Schatz</a>, a bill cosponsor, said the legislation would "unlock each state's Medicaid program to anyone who wants it, giving people a high-quality, low-cost public health insurance option", and that its goal was "to make sure that every single American has comprehensive health care coverage."<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, Blumenthal was one of eight senators to cosponsor the Territories Health Equity Act of 2019, legislation that would remove the cap on annual federal Medicaid funding and increase federal matching rate for Medicaid expenditures of territories along with more funds being provided for prescription drug coverage to low-income seniors in an attempt to equalize funding for American territories Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands with that of U.S. states.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, Blumenthal and 14 other senators introduced the Affordable Medications Act, legislation intended to promote transparency by mandating that pharmaceutical companies disclose the amount of money going to research and development, marketing and executives' salaries. The bill also abolished the restriction that stopped the federal Medicare program from using its buying power to negotiate lower drug prices for beneficiaries and hinder drug company monopoly practices used to keep prices high and disable less expensive generics entering the market.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2019, Blumenthal was one of 19 senators to sign a letter to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">United States Secretary of the Treasury</a> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Mnuchin" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Mnuchin">Steve Mnuchin</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">United States Secretary of Health and Human Services</a> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Azar" title="Alex Azar">Alex Azar</a> requesting data from the Trump administration in order to help states and Congress understand the potential consequences in the event that the <i>Texas v. United States Affordable Care Act</i> (ACA) lawsuit prevailed in courts, claiming that an overhaul of the present health care system would form "an enormous hole in the pocketbooks of the people we serve as well as wreck state budgets".<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same month, Blumenthal, three other Senate Democrats, and <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> signed a letter to acting FDA commissioner Ned Sharpless in response to <a href="/wiki/Novartis" title="Novartis">Novartis</a> falsifying data as part of an attempt to gain the FDA's approval for its new gene therapy Zolgensma, writing that it was "unconscionable that a drug company would provide manipulated data to federal regulators in order to rush its product to market, reap federal perks, and charge the highest amount in American history for its medication."<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Immigration">Immigration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Immigration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2018, Blumenthal was one of 17 senators to sign a letter spearheaded by <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">United States Secretary of Homeland Security</a> <a href="/wiki/Kirstjen_Nielsen" title="Kirstjen Nielsen">Kirstjen Nielsen</a> demanding that the Trump administration take immediate action in attempting to reunite 539 migrant children with their families, citing each passing day of inaction as intensifying "trauma that this administration has needlessly caused for children and their families seeking humanitarian protection."<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, Blumenthal was one of six Democratic senators to sign a letter to acting defense secretary <a href="/wiki/Patrick_M._Shanahan" title="Patrick M. Shanahan">Patrick M. Shanahan</a> expressing concern over memos by Marine Corps general <a href="/wiki/Robert_Neller" title="Robert Neller">Robert Neller</a> in which Neller critiqued deployments to the southern border and funding transfers under Trump's national emergency declaration as having posed an "unacceptable risk to Marine Corps combat readiness and solvency" and noted that other military officials had recently stated that troop deployment did not affect readiness. The senators requested Shanahan explain the inconsistencies and that he provide both "a staff-level briefing on this matter within seven days" and an explanation of how he would address Neller's concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, following the Housing and Urban Development Department's confirmation that DACA recipients did not meet eligibility for federal backed loans, Blumenthal and 11 other senators introduced The Home Ownership Dreamers Act, legislation that mandated that the federal government was not authorized to deny mortgage loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or the Agriculture Department solely due to an applicant's immigration status.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, Blumenthal and six other Democratic senators led by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Schatz" title="Brian Schatz">Brian Schatz</a> sent letters to the Government Accountability Office along with the suspension and debarment official and inspector general at the US Department of Health and Human Services citing recent reports that showed "significant evidence that some federal contractors and grantees have not provided adequate accommodations for children in line with legal and contractual requirements" and urging government officials to determine whether federal contractors and grantees were in violation of contractual obligations or federal regulations and should thus face financial consequences.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2019, following reports that the Trump administration intended to end protections of spouses, parents and children of active-duty service members from deportation, Blumenthal was one of 22 senators to sign a letter led by <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth" title="Tammy Duckworth">Tammy Duckworth</a> arguing that the program allowed service members the ability "to fight for the United States overseas and not worry that their spouse, children, or parents will be deported while they are away" and that the program's termination would cause personal hardship for service members in combat.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2019, Blumenthal and 15 other Senate Democrats introduced the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act, which mandated that ICE agents get approval from a supervisor before engaging in enforcement actions at sensitive locations except in special circumstances and that agents receive annual training in addition to being required to annually report enforcement actions in those locations.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBT_rights">LGBT rights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: LGBT rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2014, Blumenthal was one of 69 members of the US House and Senate to sign a letter to then-FDA commissioner <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Burwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Sylvia Burwell">Sylvia Burwell</a> requesting that the FDA revise its policy banning donation of <a href="/wiki/Corneas" class="mw-redirect" title="Corneas">corneas</a> and other tissues by men who have had sex with another man in the preceding 5 years.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, Blumenthal was one of 18 senators to sign a letter to <a href="/wiki/United_States_secretary_of_state" class="mw-redirect" title="United States secretary of state">United States secretary of state</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Mike Pompeo</a> requesting an explanation of a State Department decision not to issue an official statement that year commemorating <a href="/wiki/Gay_pride#LGBT_Pride_Month" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay pride">Pride Month</a> or the annual cable outlining activities for embassies commemorating Pride Month. They also asked why the LGBTI special envoy position had remained vacant and asserted that "preventing the official flying of rainbow flags and limiting public messages celebrating Pride Month signals to the international community that the United States is abandoning the advancement of LGBTI rights as a foreign policy priority."<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In 2022, Blumenthal voted for the <a href="/wiki/Respect_for_Marriage_Act" title="Respect for Marriage Act">Respect for Marriage Act</a>, legislation intended to codify <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States" title="Same-sex marriage in the United States">same-sex marriage rights</a> into federal law.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WASHINGTON,_DC_--_JULY_25_2016_Senators_addresses_crowds_outside_the_Capitol_protesting_the_GOP_health_bill._(35776941730).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/WASHINGTON%2C_DC_--_JULY_25_2016_Senators_addresses_crowds_outside_the_Capitol_protesting_the_GOP_health_bill._%2835776941730%29.jpg/220px-WASHINGTON%2C_DC_--_JULY_25_2016_Senators_addresses_crowds_outside_the_Capitol_protesting_the_GOP_health_bill._%2835776941730%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/WASHINGTON%2C_DC_--_JULY_25_2016_Senators_addresses_crowds_outside_the_Capitol_protesting_the_GOP_health_bill._%2835776941730%29.jpg/330px-WASHINGTON%2C_DC_--_JULY_25_2016_Senators_addresses_crowds_outside_the_Capitol_protesting_the_GOP_health_bill._%2835776941730%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/WASHINGTON%2C_DC_--_JULY_25_2016_Senators_addresses_crowds_outside_the_Capitol_protesting_the_GOP_health_bill._%2835776941730%29.jpg/440px-WASHINGTON%2C_DC_--_JULY_25_2016_Senators_addresses_crowds_outside_the_Capitol_protesting_the_GOP_health_bill._%2835776941730%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Protest against the GOP health bill at the United States Capitol in July 2017</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Counsel_investigation">Special Counsel investigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Special Counsel investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2019, after Attorney General <a href="/wiki/William_Barr" title="William Barr">William Barr</a> released a summary of the <a href="/wiki/Mueller_report" title="Mueller report">Mueller report</a>, Blumenthal said the issue was about "obstruction of justice, no exoneration there, and the judgment by William Barr may have been completely improper" and that he did not "deeply respect and trust the Barr summary, which was designed to frame the message before the information was available."<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Justice Department publicly released the redacted version of the report the following month, Blumenthal said, "What's demonstrated in powerful and compelling detail in this report is nothing less than a national scandal. This report is far from the end of the inquiry that this country needs and deserves. It is the beginning of another chapter."<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, Blumenthal was one of 12 Democratic senators to sign a letter led by <a href="/wiki/Mazie_Hirono" title="Mazie Hirono">Mazie Hirono</a> that questioned Barr's decision to offer "his own conclusion that the President's conduct did not amount to obstruction of justice" and called for both the Justice Department's inspector general and the Office of Professional Responsibility to launch an investigation into whether Barr's summary of the Mueller report and his April 18 news conference were misleading.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 27, 1982, Blumenthal married Cynthia Malkin.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-courant_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courant-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were engaged during her senior year at Harvard and married the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-Morrow_187-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morrow-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Peter_L._Malkin" title="Peter L. Malkin">Peter L. Malkin</a> and maternal granddaughter of <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Wien" title="Lawrence Wien">Lawrence Wien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Morrow_187-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morrow-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have four children. Their son <a href="/wiki/Matt_Blumenthal" title="Matt Blumenthal">Matt Blumenthal</a> was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">Connecticut House of Representatives</a> from the 147th district in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blumenthal's wealth exceeds $100 million, making him one of the Senate's richest members. His family's net worth derives largely from his wife; the Malkins are influential real estate developers and property managers with holdings including an ownership stake in the <a href="/wiki/Empire_State_Building" title="Empire State Building">Empire State Building</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Anand_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anand-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His brother-in-law <a href="/wiki/Scott_Malkin" class="mw-redirect" title="Scott Malkin">Scott Malkin</a> is a co-owner of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a>. </p><p>On April 8, 2023, while at a parade celebrating the <a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_men%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies men's basketball">UConn Huskies men's basketball</a> team winning the <a href="/wiki/2023_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a> championship, another attendee inadvertently fell on Blumenthal, causing a minor fracture of his femur. He underwent surgery, which he said was successful, and left the hospital on April 10.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Connecticut_Legislature">Connecticut Legislature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Connecticut Legislature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_145th_House_of_Representatives_district" title="Connecticut's 145th House of Representatives district">Connecticut 145th State House District</a> General Election, 1984<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Blumenthal </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,863 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>68.18 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Johan M. Andersen III </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,270 </td> <td style="text-align:right">31.82 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>7,133 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Connecticut 27th <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Senate" title="Connecticut State Senate">State Senate</a> District General Election, 1988<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Blumenthal (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,947 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>65.88 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ted Lewis </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,366 </td> <td style="text-align:right">34.12 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>33,313 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Connecticut_Attorney_General">Connecticut Attorney General</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Connecticut Attorney General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Connecticut Attorney General</a> General Election, 1990<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Blumenthal </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>572,972 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.18 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">E. Gaynor Brennan Jr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">395,289 </td> <td style="text-align:right">40.82 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>968,261 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Connecticut Attorney General</a> General Election, 1994<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Richard Blumenthal</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right">446,434 </td> <td style="text-align:right">43.60 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F8F9FA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/A_Connecticut_Party_(1990)" class="mw-redirect" title="A Connecticut Party (1990)">A Connecticut Party (1990)</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Richard Blumenthal</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right">232,879 </td> <td style="text-align:right">22.74 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b>Total </b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Blumenthal (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>679,313 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>66.34 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard E. Arnold </td> <td style="text-align:right">344,627 </td> <td style="text-align:right">33.66 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,023,940 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Connecticut Attorney General</a> General Election, 1998<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Blumenthal (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>631,588 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>68.55 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Santa Mendoza </td> <td style="text-align:right">282,289 </td> <td style="text-align:right">30.64 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard J. Pober </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,537 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.82 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>921,414 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Connecticut Attorney General</a> General Election, 2002<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Blumenthal (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>632,351 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>65.65 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Martha Dean </td> <td style="text-align:right">330,874 </td> <td style="text-align:right">34.35 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>963,225 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Connecticut Attorney General</a> General Election, 2006<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Blumenthal (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>782,235 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>74.08 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Farr </td> <td style="text-align:right">256,018 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24.25 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States" title="Green Party of the United States">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Nancy Burton </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,684 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.67 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F8F9FA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-in" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-in">write-in</a> </td> <td class="fn">John M. Joy </td> <td style="text-align:right">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.00 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,055,941 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Senator">U.S. Senator</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: U.S. Senator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2010 United States Senate election in Connecticut">Connecticut US Senator (Class III) General Election, 2010</a><sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Richard Blumenthal</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right">605,204 </td> <td style="text-align:right">52.52 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#f598e2;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Working_Families_Party" title="Working Families Party">Working Families</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Richard Blumenthal</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right">30,836 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.68 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b>Total </b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Blumenthal </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>636,040 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.19 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon">Linda McMahon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">498,341 </td> <td style="text-align:right">43.24 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Warren B. Mosier </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,275 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.98 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_for_Lieberman" title="Connecticut for Lieberman">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dr. John Mertens </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,735 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.58 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,152,391 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2016 United States Senate election in Connecticut">Connecticut US Senator (Class III) General Election, 2016</a><sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Richard Blumenthal</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right">920,766 </td> <td style="text-align:right">57.68 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#f598e2;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Working_Families_Party" title="Working Families Party">Working Families</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Richard Blumenthal</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right">87,948 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.48 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b>Total </b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Blumenthal (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,008,714 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.19 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Carter_(American_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan Carter (American politician)">Dan Carter</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">552,621 </td> <td style="text-align:right">34.62 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard Lion </td> <td style="text-align:right">18,190 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.14 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States" title="Green Party of the United States">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jeffery Russell </td> <td style="text-align:right">16,713 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.05 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,596,238 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut">Connecticut US Senator (Class III) General Election, 2022</a><sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Blumenthal (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>724,785 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.45 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Leora_Levy" title="Leora Levy">Leora Levy</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">536,020 </td> <td style="text-align:right">42.54 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">80 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,260,885 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_jurists" title="List of Jewish American jurists">List of Jewish American jurists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jewish_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Jewish members of the United States Congress">List of Jewish members of the United States Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_clerks_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States_(Seat_2)" title="List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 2)">List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 2)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Retrieved February 7, 2010.</li> <li>Mosher, James (December 27, 2009). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130130101008/http://www.norwichbulletin.com/carousel/x1689182905/Dont-outlaw-our-stoves-Eastern-Connecticut-farmers-urge">Don't outlaw our stoves, Eastern Connecticut farmers urge, Attorney general: Burning wood outside pollutes air</a></i>. <i>NorwichBulletin.com</i>. Retrieved January 6, 2010.</li> <li>Pesci, Donald (December 10, 2009). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120227175700/http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2009/12/10/opinion/doc4b20783a18cc2987699185.txt">Blumenthal: worst Attorney General in U.S.</a>. RegisterCitizen.com</i>. Retrieved January 6, 2010.</li> <li>Baue, William (July 9, 2002). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120910190529/http://www.socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/article878.html">Connecticut Fights to Keep Stanley Works from Disappearing to Bermuda</a></i>. <i>Socialfunds.com</i>. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Connecticut Attorney General's Office (August 14, 1997). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040821184358/http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/press/1997/enviss/pr81497.htm">Governor, Attorney General Urge Tighter Restrictions on Air Pollution</a></i>. Press release. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Connecticut Attorney General's Office (October 15, 2001). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060219223926/http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/press/2001/util/rtoferc.htm">Attorney General Submits Comments To FERC Opposing Formation Of Regional Transmission Organization</a></i>. Press release. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Connecticut Attorney General's Office (May 10, 2002). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060219223931/http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/press/2002/other/stanley.htm">Lawsuit Filed By Blumenthal, Nappier Brings Halt To Stanley Works' Reincorporation Plans</a></i>. Press release. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Connecticut Attorney General's Office (June 3, 2002). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060219223920/http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/press/2002/other/sec.htm">Attorney General Asks SEC To Investigate Stanley Works Vote</a></i>. Press release. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Connecticut Attorney General's Office (September 30, 2003). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060219224009/http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/press/2003/coniss/rtoraiserates.htm">Blumenthal, New England AGs And Consumer Advocates Warn That Proposed RTO Will Raise Rates, Without Consumer Benefit</a></i>. Press release. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Connecticut Attorney General's Office (October 27, 2003). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040817074140/http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/press/2003/enviss/nsrcaa.htm">Connecticut and 11 Other States File Suit to Prevent Weakening of the Clean Air Act</a></i>. Press release. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Patrick, Mike (October 10, 2003). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040912232909/http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x8470.xml">Law School lauds Blumenthal with public service award</a></i>. <i>QUDaily</i>. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Sorry, Stanley - editorial (May 9, 2003). <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, cited from the article at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.freedomandprosperity.org">The Center for Freedom and Prosperity</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030820081214/http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Articles/wsj05-09-03/wsj05-09-03.shtml">The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2003</a>. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Peterson, Paul; White, David; Doolittle, Nick; & Roschelle, Amy (September 29, 2003) of Synapse, Energy Economics Inc. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060219223946/http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/consumer/synapse%20report.pdf">FERC's Transmission Pricing Policy: New England Cost Impacts</a>. Report commissioned by Connecticut Attorney General's Office.</li> <li>Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the House Committee on Ways and Means (June 6, 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040825000717/http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Legacy/fullcomm/107cong/6-6-02/records/blumenthal.htm">Statement of the Hon. Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, Connecticut Attorney General's Office</a>. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the House Committee on Ways and Means (June 25, 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040825004942/http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Legacy/srm/107cong/6-25-02/6-25blum.htm">Statement of the Hon. Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, Connecticut Attorney General's Office, Hearing on Corporate Inversions</a>. Retrieved September 5, 2004.</li> <li>Plotz, David (September 15, 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.slate.com/?id=89649">"Richard Blumenthal: He was supposed to be president. So why is he only Connecticut's attorney general?"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214941/http://www.slate.com/?id=89649">Archived</a> September 27, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i>Slate.com</i>. Retrieved January 6, 2010.</li> <li>Titus, Elizabeth, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/01/blumenthal-hagel-will-be-confirmed-154011.html?hp=l4">"Blumenthal predicts Hagel will be confirmed"</a>, <i>Politico</i>, 1/13/13. <i>Re:</i> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>'s nomination as <a href="/wiki/US_Secretary_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="US Secretary of Defense">US Secretary of Defense</a>; Blumenthal seat on Armed Services noted; Blumenthal spoke on <i><a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Sunday" title="Fox News Sunday">Fox News Sunday</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blumenthal&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link 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href="/wiki/Vote_Smart" title="Vote Smart">Vote Smart</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Dorsey" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Dorsey">Peter Dorsey</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">United States Attorney</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Connecticut" title="United States District Court for the District of Connecticut">District of Connecticut</a> </b><br />1977–1981 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Nevas" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Nevas">Alan Nevas</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Clarine_Nardi_Riddle" title="Clarine Nardi Riddle">Clarine Riddle</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Attorney General of Connecticut</a> </b><br />1991–2011 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Jepsen" title="George Jepsen">George Jepsen</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">Connecticut House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Anthony Truglia</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">Connecticut House of Representatives</a><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_145th_assembly_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut's 145th assembly district">145th</a> district </b><br />1985–1987 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Nicholas Pavia</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Senate" title="Connecticut State Senate">Connecticut State Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Anthony Truglia</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut Senate">Connecticut Senate</a><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_27th_State_Senate_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut's 27th State Senate District">27th</a> district </b><br />1987–1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Jepsen" title="George Jepsen">George Jepsen</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Joe Lieberman</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Connecticut Attorney General</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1990_Connecticut_Attorney_General_election" title="1990 Connecticut Attorney General election">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_Connecticut_Attorney_General_election" title="1994 Connecticut Attorney General election">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_Connecticut_Attorney_General_election" title="1998 Connecticut Attorney General election">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Connecticut_Attorney_General_election" title="2002 Connecticut Attorney General election">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Connecticut_Attorney_General_election" title="2006 Connecticut Attorney General election">2006</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Jepsen" title="George Jepsen">George Jepsen</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Dodd" title="Chris Dodd">Chris Dodd</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States senators from Connecticut">Connecticut</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 3</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2010 United States Senate election in Connecticut">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2016 United States Senate election in Connecticut">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2022 United States Senate election in Connecticut">2022</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Most recent</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th 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Scott</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Georgia" title="List of United States senators from Georgia">GA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Ossoff" title="Jon Ossoff">Ossoff</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Warnock" title="Raphael Warnock">Warnock</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Hawaii" title="List of United States senators from Hawaii">HI</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Schatz" title="Brian Schatz">Schatz</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mazie_Hirono" title="Mazie Hirono">Hirono</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Idaho" title="List of United States senators from Idaho">ID</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Crapo" title="Mike Crapo">Crapo</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Risch" title="Jim Risch">Risch</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">IL</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">Durbin</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth" title="Tammy Duckworth">Duckworth</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Indiana" title="List of United States senators from Indiana">IN</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Todd_Young" title="Todd Young">Young</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Braun" title="Mike Braun">Braun</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Iowa" title="List of United States senators from Iowa">IA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Grassley</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Joni_Ernst" title="Joni Ernst">Ernst</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kansas" title="List of United States senators from Kansas">KS</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Moran" title="Jerry Moran">Moran</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Marshall" title="Roger Marshall">Marshall</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">KY</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">McConnell</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul">Paul</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" title="List of United States senators from Louisiana">LA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cassidy" title="Bill Cassidy">Cassidy</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Kennedy_(Louisiana_politician)" title="John Kennedy (Louisiana politician)">Kennedy</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maine" title="List of United States senators from Maine">ME</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Collins</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Angus_King" title="Angus King">King</a> (I)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maryland" title="List of United States senators from Maryland">MD</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Cardin" title="Ben Cardin">Cardin</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Van_Hollen" title="Chris Van Hollen">Van Hollen</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Massachusetts" title="List of United States senators from Massachusetts">MA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Warren</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Markey" title="Ed Markey">Markey</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Michigan" title="List of United States senators from Michigan">MI</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Stabenow" title="Debbie Stabenow">Stabenow</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Peters" title="Gary Peters">Peters</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">MN</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">Klobuchar</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tina_Smith" title="Tina Smith">Smith</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Mississippi" title="List of United States senators from Mississippi">MS</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Wicker" title="Roger Wicker">Wicker</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Hyde-Smith" title="Cindy Hyde-Smith">Hyde-Smith</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">MO</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hawley" title="Josh Hawley">Hawley</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Schmitt" title="Eric Schmitt">Schmitt</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">MT</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Tester" title="Jon Tester">Tester</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Daines" title="Steve Daines">Daines</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">NE</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Deb_Fischer" title="Deb Fischer">Fischer</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Ricketts" title="Pete Ricketts">Ricketts</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nevada" title="List of United States senators from Nevada">NV</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto" title="Catherine Cortez Masto">Cortez Masto</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jacky_Rosen" title="Jacky Rosen">Rosen</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Hampshire" title="List of United States senators from New Hampshire">NH</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Shaheen" title="Jeanne Shaheen">Shaheen</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Hassan" title="Maggie Hassan">Hassan</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Jersey" title="List of United States senators from New Jersey">NJ</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Cory_Booker" title="Cory Booker">Booker</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/George_Helmy" title="George Helmy">Helmy</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Mexico" title="List of United States senators from New Mexico">NM</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Martin_Heinrich" title="Martin Heinrich">Heinrich</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Ray_Luj%C3%A1n" title="Ben Ray Luján">Luján</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">NY</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Schumer</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand" title="Kirsten Gillibrand">Gillibrand</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from North Carolina">NC</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Thom_Tillis" title="Thom Tillis">Tillis</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ted_Budd" title="Ted Budd">Budd</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">ND</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Hoeven" title="John Hoeven">Hoeven</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Cramer" title="Kevin Cramer">Cramer</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Ohio" title="List of United States senators from Ohio">OH</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Sherrod_Brown" title="Sherrod Brown">Brown</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/JD_Vance" title="JD Vance">Vance</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States senators from Oklahoma">OK</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/James_Lankford" title="James Lankford">Lankford</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin" title="Markwayne Mullin">Mullin</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oregon" title="List of United States senators from Oregon">OR</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Wyden" title="Ron Wyden">Wyden</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Merkley" title="Jeff Merkley">Merkley</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">PA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Casey_Jr." title="Bob Casey Jr.">Casey</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Fetterman" title="John Fetterman">Fetterman</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Rhode_Island" title="List of United States senators from Rhode Island">RI</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Reed_(Rhode_Island_politician)" title="Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician)">Reed</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Whitehouse" title="Sheldon Whitehouse">Whitehouse</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">SC</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">Graham</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott">T. Scott</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">SD</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune">Thune</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rounds" title="Mike Rounds">Rounds</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">TN</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Blackburn" title="Marsha Blackburn">Blackburn</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hagerty" title="Bill Hagerty">Hagerty</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">TX</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">Cornyn</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Cruz</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Utah" title="List of United States senators from Utah">UT</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lee" title="Mike Lee">Lee</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Romney</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Vermont" title="List of United States senators from Vermont">VT</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Sanders</a> (I)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Welch" title="Peter Welch">Welch</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">VA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Warner" title="Mark Warner">Warner</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Kaine</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Washington" title="List of United States senators from Washington">WA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Patty_Murray" title="Patty Murray">Murray</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Maria_Cantwell" title="Maria Cantwell">Cantwell</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_West_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from West Virginia">WV</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Manchin" title="Joe Manchin">Manchin</a> (I)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Moore_Capito" title="Shelley Moore Capito">Capito</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">WI</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Johnson" title="Ron Johnson">Johnson</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" title="Tammy Baldwin">Baldwin</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wyoming" title="List of United States senators from Wyoming">WY</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Barrasso" title="John Barrasso">Barrasso</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Lummis" title="Cynthia Lummis">Lummis</a> (R)</div></li></ul> </div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3"><div> 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Godfrey (politician)">Bob Godfrey</a>, Speaker pro tempore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Rojas" title="Jason Rojas">Jason Rojas</a>, Majority Leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Candelora" title="Vincent Candelora">Vincent Candelora</a>, Minority Leader</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Supreme_Court" title="Connecticut Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raheem_L._Mullins" title="Raheem L. 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Dana">Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Boardman" title="Elijah Boardman">Boardman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_W._Edwards" title="Henry W. Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_A._Foot" title="Samuel A. Foot">Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Smith_(senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathan Smith (senator)">N. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Milton_Niles" title="John Milton Niles">Niles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_Betts" title="Thaddeus Betts">Betts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabez_W._Huntington" title="Jabez W. Huntington">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Sherman_Baldwin" title="Roger Sherman Baldwin">R. S. Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Toucey" title="Isaac Toucey">Toucey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Dixon" title="James Dixon">Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Buckingham" title="William A. Buckingham">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Eaton" title="William W. Eaton">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Hawley" title="Joseph R. Hawley">Hawley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Bulkeley" title="Morgan Bulkeley">Bulkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_P._McLean" title="George P. McLean">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_C._Walcott" title="Frederic C. Walcott">Walcott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_T._Maloney" title="Francis T. Maloney">Maloney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Hart" title="Thomas C. Hart">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_E._Baldwin" title="Raymond E. Baldwin">R. E. Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Benton_(politician)" title="William Benton (politician)">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Purtell" title="William A. Purtell">Purtell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Dodd" title="Thomas J. Dodd">T. J. Dodd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Weicker" title="Lowell Weicker">Weicker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Lieberman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">Murphy</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Senate"><img alt="United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 3</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Samuel_Johnson" title="William Samuel Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Sherman" title="Roger Sherman">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Mix_Mitchell" title="Stephen Mix Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Trumbull_Jr." title="Jonathan Trumbull Jr.">Trumbull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uriah_Tracy" title="Uriah Tracy">Tracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Goodrich" title="Chauncey Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Daggett" title="David Daggett">Daggett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lanman" title="James Lanman">Lanman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Willey" title="Calvin Willey">Willey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Tomlinson" title="Gideon Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Smith_(politician)" title="Perry Smith (politician)">P. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Milton_Niles" title="John Milton Niles">Niles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Smith" title="Truman Smith">T. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Gillette" title="Francis Gillette">Gillette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette_S._Foster" title="Lafayette S. Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orris_S._Ferry" title="Orris S. Ferry">Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._English" title="James E. English">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Barnum" title="William Barnum">Barnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orville_H._Platt" title="Orville H. Platt">Platt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_B._Brandegee" title="Frank B. Brandegee">Brandegee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Bingham_III" title="Hiram Bingham III">Bingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustine_Lonergan" title="Augustine Lonergan">Lonergan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Danaher" title="John A. Danaher">Danaher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brien_McMahon" title="Brien McMahon">McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Purtell" title="William A. Purtell">Purtell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prescott_Bush" title="Prescott Bush">Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Ribicoff" title="Abraham Ribicoff">Ribicoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Dodd" title="Chris Dodd">C. 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Larson">J. Larson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Courtney_(politician)" title="Joe Courtney (politician)">J. Courtney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">C. Murphy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Himes" title="Jim Himes">J. Himes</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States senators from Connecticut">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Blumenthal</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">C. Murphy</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States representatives from Connecticut">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rosa_DeLauro" title="Rosa DeLauro">R. DeLauro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">J. Larson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Courtney_(politician)" title="Joe Courtney (politician)">J. Courtney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Himes" title="Jim Himes">J. Himes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Esty" title="Elizabeth Esty">E. Esty</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States senators from Connecticut">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Blumenthal</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">C. Murphy</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States representatives from Connecticut">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rosa_DeLauro" title="Rosa DeLauro">R. DeLauro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">J. Larson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Courtney_(politician)" title="Joe Courtney (politician)">J. Courtney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Himes" title="Jim Himes">J. Himes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Esty" title="Elizabeth Esty">E. Esty</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States senators from Connecticut">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Blumenthal</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">C. Murphy</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States representatives from Connecticut">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rosa_DeLauro" title="Rosa DeLauro">R. DeLauro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">J. Larson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Courtney_(politician)" title="Joe Courtney (politician)">J. Courtney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Himes" title="Jim Himes">J. Himes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Esty" title="Elizabeth Esty">E. Esty</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States senators from Connecticut">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Blumenthal</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">C. Murphy</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States representatives from Connecticut">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rosa_DeLauro" title="Rosa DeLauro">R. DeLauro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. 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