Richard Blumenthal
Senator Democrat representing CT
Member profile
- Role
- Senator Democrat representing CT
- Current member
- Yes
- Birth year
- 1946
- Official website
- https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov
Terms
- Senate · CT · Democratic · 2011-present
- Senate · CT · D · 2023-2025
- Senate · CT · D · 2021-2023
- Senate · CT · D · 2019-2021
- Senate · CT · D · 2017-2019
- Senate · CT · D · 2015-2017
- Senate · CT · D · 2013-2015
- Senate · CT · D · 2011-2013
Committee assignments
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Ranking
- Committee on Armed Services
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Airland · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Personnel · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Seapower · Member
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Subcommittee: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations · Ranking
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census · Member
- Committee on the Judiciary
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law · Member
- United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Sponsored bills
- S 4936: STOP Frontovers Act of 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- S 4724: No Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Act of 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S 4696: Right to Record Act of 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- S 4700: Complete America’s Great Trails Act: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S 4646: SAFEGUARD Veterans Act of 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cosponsored bills
- S 3733: A bill to amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize certain public libraries to collect and retain a fee for the execution of a passport application.: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 503.
- S 3900: Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 504.
- SRES 781: A resolution commemorating June 19, 2026, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4286)
- S 332: Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons Act: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 470.
- S 1874: Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.