Democrat
Next Election: 2022
Richard Blumenthal
Connecticut
202-224-2823
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Latest Announcements:
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Latest Votes: |
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Apr 12 2021 Voted Yes On the Cloture Motion on PN117 Polly Ellen Trottenberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation |
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Apr 12 2021 Voted Yes On Passage of the Bill on HR1868 To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes. |
Campaign Finance Summary:
| Contributions: $1,375,463 |
| Individual $1,126,518 |
| PAC & SuperPac $226,310 |
| Disbursements: $637,170 |
| Individual Refunds $29,910 |
| Committee Refunds $2,500 |
| Debts Owed $0 |
| Cash on Hand $3,904,043 |
Recently Sponsored Bills:
A bill to provide for further comprehensive research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on unruptured intracranial aneurysms.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to forestall the loss of research talent by establishing a temporary early career research fellowship program.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 6
A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a background check.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 25
A bill to fully fund the Prevention and Public Health Fund and reaffirm the importance of prevention in the United States healthcare system.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 7
A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require reporting to the Federal Election Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of offers by foreign nationals to make prohibited contributions, donations, expenditures, or disbursements, and for other purposes.
Senate Rules and Administration Committee
Cosponsors 18
A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure quality care for residents of skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities, and for other purposes.
Senate Finance Committee
Cosponsors 1
A bill to improve end-of-life care.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to require facemasks in Federal facilities to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and for other purposes.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 3
A resolution expressing support for evidence-based programs that facilitate social and emotional learning during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 3
A resolution expressing support for evidence-based programs that facilitate social and emotional learning during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 3
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 20
A bill to establish the Intercity Passenger Rail Trust Fund to ensure a safe, sustainable, convenient transportation option for the people of the United States, and for other purposes.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 1
A bill to ensure that institutions of higher education take steps to protect their college athletes from COVID-19, and for other purposes.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 1
A bill to prohibit the procurement by the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency of certain items containing a perfluoroalkyl substance or polyfluoroalkyl substance.
Senate Armed Services Committee
Cosponsors 1
A resolution upholding the civil liberties and civil rights of Iranian Americans and condemning bigotry, violence, and discrimination.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 1
A resolution upholding the civil liberties and civil rights of Iranian Americans and condemning bigotry, violence, and discrimination.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 1
A bill to protect the entitlement of individuals to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance who discontinue pursuit of a program of education during the national emergency relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 1
A bill to amend the Insurrection Act to curtail violations against the civil liberties of the people of the United States, and for other purposes.
Senate Armed Services Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to support the efforts of State and local governments to provide for priority testing of certain transportation workers with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and require the owners and operators of equipment and facilities used by passenger or freight transportation employers to clean, disinfect, and sanitize that equipment and provide personal protective equipment to certain employees, and for other purposes.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 2
A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on prenatal and postpartum mental health conditions among members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
Senate Armed Services Committee
Cosponsors 1
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to provide additional resources, including doula support, for pregnant beneficiaries under the TRICARE program, and for other purposes.
Senate Armed Services Committee
Cosponsors 1
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment, and for other purposes.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 9
A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 14
A bill to protect the privacy of health information during a national health emergency.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 1
A bill to require commercial airlines to provide cash reimbursements, and to authorize the Secretary of State to waive or reimburse travel expenses, for any United States citizen who is evacuated from a foreign country and repatriated to the United States due to travel restrictions implemented in response to COVID-19 or any future pandemic or international crisis.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 7
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit Amtrak from including mandatory arbitration clauses in contracts of carriage, and for other purposes.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 12
A resolution supporting Minor League Baseball.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 16
A resolution supporting Minor League Baseball.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 16
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require more accountability in the airline industry, and for other purposes.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 2
A resolution designating February 12, 2020, as "Darwin Day" and recognizing the importance of science to the betterment of humanity.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 2
A resolution recognizing January 27, 2020, as the anniversary of the first refugee and Muslim ban, calling on Congress to defund the Migrant Protection Protocols, and urging the President to restore refugee resettlement to historic norms.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 16
A resolution recognizing January 27, 2020, as the anniversary of the first refugee and Muslim ban, calling on Congress to defund the Migrant Protection Protocols, and urging the President to restore refugee resettlement to historic norms.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 16
A bill to ban certain rare earth magnets, and for other purposes.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to create dedicated funds to conserve butterflies in North America, plants in the Pacific Islands, freshwater mussels in the United States, and desert fish in the Southwest United States, and for other purposes.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Cosponsors 3
A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish consumer product safety standards for firearm locks and firearm safes, and for other purposes.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 20
A concurrent resolution recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly individuals with disabilities.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 13
A concurrent resolution recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly individuals with disabilities.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Cosponsors 13
A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to revise minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
Senate Finance Committee
Cosponsors 2