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February 11, 2026
Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Raises Alarm Over Skyrocketing Cost of VA Community Care at Hearing Blumenthal also stressed the importance of ensuring community care...2026 WASHINGTON D C At a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing today Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT stressed his concerns with the skyrocketing cost of community care which is provided when...Veterans Affairs VA is unable to deliver health care to veterans in an accessible or timely manner Blumenthal pressed VA Chief Financial Officer Richard Topping on the disproportionate funding increase for...
May 19, 2025
Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Statement on Trump VA s Half Hearted Late Implementation of the Elizabeth Dole Act Blumenthal slams Collins failure to implement Congressionally...families Monday May 19 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT today released the following statement on the Trump Administration s announcement it would...appointments landlord incentives for permanent housing and more https www veterans senate gov 2025 5 blumenthal statement on trump va s half hearted late implementation of the elizabeth dole act Sign up for...
January 29, 2026
News Home Ranking Member Minority News At Hearing Blumenthal Demands Information from VA Secretary I Want Numbers After months of stonewalling Blumenthal pressed Secretary Collins for updated staffing loss...Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT today demanded data from Department of Veterans Affairs VA Secretary Doug Collins at a Committee oversight hearing Blumenthal started his questioning by pressing...sustaining VA medical operations as intended R ather than going into the rhetoric I want the numbers Blumenthal continued by asking for information surrounding VA s staffing losses under the Trump Administration...
May 20, 2026
Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Confronts VA Secretary Collins over Staffing Cuts at Hearing Blumenthal presses Collins on the elimination of tens of thousands of...2026 WASHINGTON D C At a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing today Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT pressed Department of Veterans Affairs VA Secretary Doug Collins on his elimination of more...diminished and in turn veterans are encouraged then to seek community care as a result Blumenthal said in his questioning Blumenthal continued There was a reduction of 30 000 people Call it whatever you want but...
February 4, 2025
Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Issues List of Day One Demands in First Leadership Test for VA Secretary Doug Collins Blumenthal to Collins Your credibility with veterans will...Following his confirmation vote today Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT called on VA Secretary Doug Collins to make good on the assurances he gave during his confirmation...and push back against directives harmful to veterans and their families In a letter to Collins Blumenthal called on the Secretary to uphold his statements committing to taking care of veterans and to put...
April 1, 2025
Home Ranking Member Minority News At Hearing Blumenthal Announces He Will Join Gallego in Holding All VA Nominations in Protest of Trump Musk Cuts Blumenthal will hold first shadow hearing tomorrow with...to consider pending nominations at the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT announced he would join fellow Committee member and U S Senator Ruben Gallego D AZ in placing...nominees to protest President Donald Trump s slashing cuts to VA care and benefits As Ranking Member Blumenthal emphasized his plan to use every tool possible to hold the Trump Administration accountable including...
February 19, 2025
Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Grills VA Nominee on Trump Administration s Dangerous Policies for Veterans Lack of Transparency Blumenthal to VA Deputy Secretary nominee Accountability...the nomination of Paul Lawrence to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT grilled Lawrence on his views of the harmful impacts of the Trump Administration policies...terminations last week and throughout Blumenthal s questioning Lawrence refused to condemn the firings and the negative impacts they are having on veterans In his opening Blumenthal underscored the Trump Administration...
June 15, 2026
Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Calls on VA to Lower Burden of Proof in the Claims Process for Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma Ranking Member Blumenthal urges Secretary Collins to remove...compensation Monday June 15 2026 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT recently called on the Department of Veterans Affairs VA to allow survivors of military sexual...incident in service for all disability compensation claims related to military sexual trauma MST wrote Blumenthal in a letter to VA Secretary Collins Veterans who submit a claim for post traumatic stress disorder...
February 13, 2025
Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Rails Against Elon Musk s Slash and Trash Agenda for VA Alongside Labor Partners and Veterans Blumenthal to Elon Musk Nine million veterans are watching...Thursday February 13 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT today hosted labor unions representing Department of Veteran Affairs VA employees veterans...policies for veterans and their families Memo to Elon Musk nine million veterans are watching you said Blumenthal Nine million veterans are watching you give them the middle finger And we re not going to stand...
August 1, 2025
Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Successfully Attaches His Amendment to Protect Veterans Crisis Line From Trump VA Cuts to Key Senate Funding Bill Blumenthal also successfully attached his amendment...cancellations Friday August 1 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT today secured two amendments to safeguard veterans resources to the Fiscal Year FY 2026 Military...Construction Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies MilCon VA Appropriations Act that passed tonight Blumenthal s amendments will protect the Veterans Crisis Line from future cuts under the Trump Administration...
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