Elon Musk’s illegal takeover of the Treasury’s payment systems has serious implications for veterans & their families receiving disability compensation from VA.
With this takeover, Musk can now access veterans' personal data—from where they live, to their bank account info.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Connecticut
Richard Blumenthal
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Voting Record — 851
Yes29%
No70%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align98%
Cross-party1%
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Richard Blumenthal
U.S. SenatorDemocratConnecticut
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Richard's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 114 sponsored · 611 cosponsored
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Exactly the kind of political firings I asked Kash Patel to say he’d oppose as FBI Director during yesterday’s hearing. He ducked & dodged. Now we know why. Unacceptable.
My heart breaks for the loved ones & all those killed aboard the two aircraft involved in last night’s horrible mid-air collision at National Airport in DC. I thank the first responders for their swift & critical help at the scene.
There’s nothing ‘woke’ or ‘Marxist’ about working to end veteran suicide or delivering veterans the benefits they earned & deserve.
This draconian so-called temporary pause threatens permanent harm to countless people in CT & nationwide. Havoc will be wrought on research facilities, health care providers, & innumerable other public interest causes. It sure looks like an illegal impoundment.
Three Kings Day in New Haven! A wonderful time—thanks to the firefighters & a fantastic community.
This midnight Trump purge portends a surge in corruption & abuse of power.
It well serves self-enrichment by Trump’s wealthy, self-dealing friends—emboldening them by eliminating the only internal agency watchdogs that expose & stop waste & wrongdoing.
Unsurprising & incontrovertible—it’s the Constitution, stupid. Birthright citizenship is in black & white. Trump’s order pretending to eliminate it is simply disingenuous & dangerous. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
VA Secretary nominee Doug Collins must commit to fight this freeze. As ranking member, I’ll battle Trump‘s mean, misguided order & hold Collins accountable to stand up against it.
Trump’s hiring freeze threatens to deprive veterans of vital health care & other critical services. It will prevent filling open positions for doctors, nurses, & other providers urgently needed.
Republicans cruelly attacking women’s health care with a new extreme restriction on reproductive freedom—criminalizing doctors & lying about abortion. I’ll fight the so-called Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
Law enforcement professionals are rightly repulsed by Trump mass pardons for rioters convicted criminally of brutally assaulting police on Jan 6. I hope this abhorrent pass for cop killers at the Capitol will fuel pardon reform efforts like my legislative proposals.
Giving a blanket pass to cop killers & other insurrectionists, convicted by juries of everyday Americans, discredits justice & law enforcement. Shame on Republican colleagues who were protected that terrible day & now stay silent.
These mass pardons are sickening—the ultimate disrespect for police officers who were assaulted brutally by criminal rioters, suffering lasting injuries, & death in some cases.
Her smile, her fierce determination, her endless energy, will always be with me. I’ll seek to continue the fight inspired by her example—a happy warrior. 3
She was a person who reached out to friends—& I’m proud & grateful to be one of them—in moments of joy as well as challenge. I will remember always her passion on the podium but also in private conversations over many years of battle. 2/
Cecile Richards was a giant. She modeled guts and grit in public service, showing courage and fortitude beyond words as a champion of women’s reproductive freedom. 1/
I’ll work with the new Administration whenever & wherever we have common ground—& I believe we must work hard to bring our country together—but if a fight for vital values is necessary, I won’t back down. 3
I am more committed than ever to our core Constitutional values & to fighting for a world that lives up to them for all Americans. 2/
The peaceful transition of power is foundational to our democracy. This bedrock principle has guided our country through more than two centuries of both conflict & progress, upheaval & growth. 1/
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851 total votes
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| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
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| 2025-01-09 | S. 5 (119th) | End filibuster to begin debate | YES | YES | ✓ | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (84-9, 3/5 majority required) |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.
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