Richard Blumenthal

Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal

Native American & Alaska Native voters face daunting obstacles & discrimination. Next Wednesday my Judiciary subcommittee hearing will focus on these communities’ unique concerns & the importance of protecting their access to the ballot box. https://t.co/FtDckUneaG — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ONDCP: .@GovNedLamont, @RepJohnLarson, @MayorBronin, and Acting Commissioner of @CTDMHAS Nancy Navarretta joined @ReginaLaBelle46, @Sen… — PolitiTweet.org

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Denying Vuse’s request to market menthol products & aggressive post-market oversight of Vuse products are essential steps to ensure they don’t reach children. — PolitiTweet.org

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Despite FDA’s past progress removing tobacco products from the market, today’s Vuse decision is a deeply troubling misstep, opening the door to Big Tobacco selling e-cigarette products with FDA’s stamp of approval. https://t.co/Ci4BBRLbW0 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewtownAction: In 4 Days: 1st Annual #KeepKidsSafe CT Statewide Gun Buyback & Gun Safe Giveaway Day. Sponsored by our GVP/CVI partne… — PolitiTweet.org

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Great to join Peralta Design team & @GNEMSDC1 to announce the Council's $2 million federal grant for a Minority Business Development Agency Business Center—part of a continuing effort to expand entrepreneurial resources available in CT. https://t.co/oftsvZ9Mvx — PolitiTweet.org

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Thank you to CT's wonderful & dedicated refugee organizations like @IRISCT, @CIRICT, CIRC, JCARR, & Grace Lutheran Church who are doing amazing work to help Afghan allies. Our great nation should welcome these refugees with open arms & open hearts. https://t.co/XFje6c1YzA — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg’s leadership failure—denial & denunciation—is unworthy of Facebook workers who are defending Frances Haugen from attacks & acknowledging the need to better protect children. — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg’s dismissing & demeaning whistleblower Frances Haugen says more about him than her. He’s hiding, she’s bravely standing up. He’s concealing facts, she’s revealing them. https://t.co/IaUZKhrI0u — PolitiTweet.org

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If Facebook is serious about helping to keep our kids safe online, it will cancel Instagram Kids, release its research, & support Mark Zuckerberg coming to my Commerce subcommittee to back real reforms, such as @SenMarkey & my KIDS Act & children’s privacy legislation. — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook says Congress should pass reforms—but then behind the scenes it fights them with millions of dollars, armies of lobbyists & lawyers, & blizzards of ads. Another page from Big Tobacco’s playbook. — PolitiTweet.org

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Now that the world knows how Facebook tirelessly & knowingly pushed destructive content to kids—only to make more money—it’s proffering more talk & crocodile tears about protecting children. — PolitiTweet.org

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More bromides & platitudes from Facebook on the Sunday shows. Their aim should be protecting kids, not winning PR. Unspecific, superficial generalities are no substitute for real action. — PolitiTweet.org

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The PROTECT Act will help prevent yet another generation from getting hooked on tobacco. By improving research, education & outreach, this bill will help equip the CDC & communities w/the tools necessary to protect young people from the e-cig industry’s manipulative practices. — PolitiTweet.org

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Talks must be predicated on the Taliban allowing all remaining Americans & our Afghan allies to leave with their families. My office helped two planes with nearly 800 people depart to safety, but so many remain—in hiding, desperate & terrified, because they aided America. — PolitiTweet.org

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Restoration of the Windsor Locks Train Station is an example of the work CT communities are doing to rejuvenate our infrastructure & better connect people. In Congress I’ll keep fighting for a robust, historic infrastructure plan so additional funding can support these projects. https://t.co/LIDEw4uApq — PolitiTweet.org

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I applaud President Biden for reinstating protections for the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts Marine National Monument. Today’s proclamation is an essential step toward ensuring this environmental treasure continues to flourish for generations to come. https://t.co/nVPJDrGBz8 — PolitiTweet.org

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Mental health matters. We must continue to raise awareness, fight stigma, & ensure people get the help/support they need. #MentalIllnessAwarenessWeek is a call to check on your loved ones & a reminder that help is available at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). — PolitiTweet.org

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Text messages like this are all too familiar for students & parents in our country. Congress can't continue to stand by the wayside & let this be the new normal for our nation's kids. We have comprehensive, commonsense gun violence prevention solutions—let’s get them passed. — PolitiTweet.org

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We have a moral & humanitarian obligation to protect and evacuate these friends & allies. Until the U.S. government honors their promise to evacuate Afghan partners, our work will continue. 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

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There are countless interpreters, journalists, development workers, & civil rights advocates who are in severe danger because they sided & worked with U.S. troops, diplomats, & organizations. Many are in hiding—hunted by the Taliban. 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Although the nearly 800 men, women, & children on these 2 planes have now managed to escape to freedom, there remain hundreds just like them throughout Afghanistan. My office is aware of dozens of American-Afghans who have yet to be evacuated. 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I also want to thank the State Department staff in Doha for their tireless advocacy on behalf of these passengers. 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I was proud to work alongside them. Our international partners—in particular, leaders in Qatar & Albania—provided significant support to our mission & I thank them for it. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m immensely grateful to our network of advocates & volunteers who made this possible through countless phone calls, text chains, & sleepless nights. Amid the delays, frustration, & fear, their steadfast devotion was an inspiration. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m elated & relieved to announce that 2 planes chartered by @SayaraIntl have safely arrived at Al Udeid Air Force Base in Qatar from Maser-e Sharif, Afghanistan with hundreds of brave, resilient Americans & Afghan allies onboard. 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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We now need to harness & heighten public awareness to achieve action & real reform. Big Tech’s big money & army of lobbyists are arrayed against us, but we’re engaging a broad, strong bipartisan coalition. https://t.co/1V6nqiE0Lc — PolitiTweet.org

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A spine chillingly close call that still leaves a dark cloud lingering over our democracy. Our Judiciary Committee report shows how Trump nearly destroyed the Constitution in his attempt to harness DOJ in overturning the election. https://t.co/X0hBCAId7k — PolitiTweet.org

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Access to abortion is a constitutional right. Texas’ S.B.8 eviscerates reproductive freedoms & encourages vigilante retribution. Tonight, a federal judge has finally enjoined its enforcement. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program has been in shambles for far too long. Glad to see @SecCardona & the Biden Admin tackling this programmatic overhaul so teachers, firefighters, & other public servants can get the student debt relief they deserve. — PolitiTweet.org