Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 5/22/2026-5/29/2026
Blumenthal joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper to discuss President Trump’s push for a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization
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Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 5/15/2026-5/22/2026
Blumenthal (D-CT) offered an amendment to prevent President Donald Trump’s newly established $1.8 billion slush fund … prison for his crimes on January 6. President Trump’s pardon freed him. In March of this year
Blumenthal & Schakowsky Introduce Resolution to End Roadway Fatalities & Improve Traffic Safety
risk,” said Amy Cohen, Founder and President of Families for Safe Streets. “Across FSS, every member has either
Murphy on Iran War Cost: We Could Be Funding Education, Health Care, National Parks With This Money
Iran War. In his speech, Murphy called on President Trump and Senate Republicans to turn their focus back … highlighted the breathtakingly corrupt $1.7 billion settlement the president is using as a slush fund for his political
Republicans Block Blumenthal's Budget Amendments Seeking Transparency & Oversight Over Trump's Billion Dollar Ballroom Boondoggle
requirements and Congressional oversight over the construction of President Trump’s ballroom. Senate Republicans unanimously voted down Blumenthal … Committee markup. “If anyone wonders why the President or Members of Congress are out of touch with what
Video: Republicans Block Blumenthal Proposal to Prevent Payout to Pardoned Insurrectionists who Sexually Assaulted Children
Blumenthal (D-CT) offered an amendment to prevent President Donald Trump’s newly established $1.8 billion slush fund … prison for his crimes on January 6. President Trump’s pardon freed him. In March of this year
Blumenthal & Merkley Lead of 10 Senators in Demanding FDA Reverse Dangerous Authorization of Flavored E-Cigarettes
effectively abandoning its scientific integrity to help the President score political points. It is no secret that during … campaign, President Trump promised to “save vaping”, [4] risking the health of American children in favor
Video: Blumenthal Delivers Opening Statement at Forum on Live Nation-Ticketmaster Monopoly & Corrupt DOJ Sweetheart Deal
independent judiciary, that’s the reason that the President’s proposed slush fund for $1.8 billion bucks
Blumenthal to File Budget Amendments Blocking Republicans' Billion-Dollar Ballroom Bailout
file amendments that would enact strict oversight over President Trump’s ballroom project in anticipation of scheduled committee … package includes $1 billion in taxpayer funds for President Trump’s pet project to be spent
Blumenthal Probes No-Bid Contract Awarded to Trump’s Hand-Picked Company to Paint Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as Project Cost Balloons to $13.1 Million
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue as demanded by President Trump. In a letter sent today to Curtis … from “Reports detail that, like so many of President Trump’s recent vanity projects, costs on this restoration
Blumenthal, Blackburn Announce OpenAI Endorsement of Kids Online Safety Act Ahead of Senate Hearing on Landmark Social Media Verdicts
Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal,” said Chris Lehane, Vice President of Global Affairs at OpenAI. “When it comes
Video: Blumenthal Presses Energy Secretary to Commit to Legislation to Lower Consumer Gas Prices
federal gas tax,” Blumenthal said. “Since then, President Trump has indicated that he’ll support it, which Senator
Murphy to Hegseth On Iran War: History Is Not On Your Side, Time Is Not On Our Side
Iran. Murphy also highlighted significant inconsistencies between President Trump’s premature declarations of strategic victory in Iran … pressure we can bring to bear - if the President were to choose to do so. I think there
Blumenthal Joins 13 Colleagues to Demand Trump Administration Resume Russian Oil Sanctions
that these steps are crucial to depriving Russian President Vladimir Putin of the revenue he needs to continue … domestic energy prices – which are spiking because of President Donald Trump’s reckless war with Iran. The letter
Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 5/1/2026-5/8/2026
House – which occurred just a few months after President Donald Trump chose the company to build his ballroom … undisclosed reward for its central role in President Trump’s preferred vanity project,” Blumenthal wrote. In October, Blumenthal
Murphy Demands Trump Administration Comply With Law, Use Foreign Assistance Funding to Support Global Health, Food Aid, Help Save Lives as Congress Directed
FY25 funds were signed into law by President Trump in March 2025 and expire … requested legal authority to close USAID in the President’s FY26 budget request, and that was rejected
Blumenthal Joins Democratic Senate Colleagues to Kill Trump's Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail & Press USPS on Unconstitutional EO
Americans’ right to vote by mail, by blocking President Trump’s illegal and unconstitutional executive order attacking mail … spending funds to implement the directives in the President’s unconstitutional executive order. “President Trump’s Executive Order
Blumenthal Questions Massive No-Bid Contract Awarded to Trump's Ballroom Construction Firm
House – which occurred just a few months after President Donald Trump chose the company to build his ballroom … undisclosed reward for its central role in President Trump’s preferred vanity project,” Blumenthal wrote. In October, Blumenthal
Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 4/24/2026-5/1/2026
Russia’s invasion. “Let me ask you, the President said that Ukraine has been ‘militarily defeated.’ I assume … Ukraine, that is a false narrative that the President is buying from Vladimir Putin. I hope that
ICYMI: Blumenthal Delivers Opening Statement at PSI Hearing on COVID-19 Vaccines, Slams Trump Administration's Corruption of Science & Attacks on Americans' Health
result of Operation Warp Speed, which President Trump ordered in having a vaccine that gave people hope … result of Operation Warp Speed, which President Trump ordered in having a vaccine that gave people hope
Murphy On Costs of Iran War: Everything is More Expensive Because of One Person's Insane Decision
Murphy’s remarks is available below. Mr. President, I want to thank Senator Schiff for bringing another … responsibility. The Constitution says we declare war. The President doesn't get to make war without the consent
Blumenthal & Colleagues Introduce Legislation Protecting Children Harmed by ICE Actions Against Their Parents
deportation campaign is beneath this nation's morals.” “President Trump promised to go after the worst … immigration policies,” said American Academy of Pediatrics President Andrew D. Racine, MD, PhD, FAAP. “ICE and CBP agents
Murphy Statement On ATF's Dangerous Proposed Roll Back of Gun Regulations
proposed gun rules and regulations: “President Trump likes to talk about law and order, but his administration
Blumenthal & Colleagues Renew Push to Support Survivors of Disasters as the Trump Administration Abandons Disaster-Stricken Communities
disaster-damaged homes,” said Renee M. Willis, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition
Murphy Warns Local Leaders Against Bringing Deadly ICE Facilities Into Their Communities
will almost certainly be closed by a Democratic president or Congress.” Murphy stressed these detention centers will … even before they are closed by a new president or Congress. Regardless, city and state leaders will