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April 22, 2026
News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Slams Republican Effort to Deliver 140 Billion to ICE While Denying Benefits to Combat Injured Veterans Blumenthal called out Senate Republicans for blocking...Richard Blumenthal D CT today took to the Senate floor to slam the Republican budget resolution that will deliver 140 billion to ICE and Border Protection with no reforms In his remarks Blumenthal pressed...working families or making good on our promises to veterans Republicans say we can t afford it said Blumenthal In fact Senate Republican leadership has continuously refused to advance bipartisan legislation...
July 23, 2025
Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Presses Trump VA Nominee for Answers We re Asking for Basic Transparency At hearing Blumenthal grills nominee to lead VA s health care system on...WASHINGTON D C At a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee nomination hearing today Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT grilled John Bartrum the nominee to be Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans...Secretary Collins said Blumenthal Following reporting from Federal News Network detailing the significant loss of VA staff in direct care and veteran facing roles Bartrum would oversee Blumenthal pressed Bartrum...
March 4, 2025
Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Senate Republicans Block Blumenthal Senate Democrats Resolution Condemning Trump Administration s Mass Terminations of VA Employees...the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT and a group of his Democratic colleagues took to the Senate floor today to ask for unanimous...newspapers from broadcast media from all kinds of outlets tell the story of those real life impacts said Blumenthal But I know my colleagues are hearing from their constituents about the mental health services that...
February 24, 2026
Member Minority News At Hearing Blumenthal Commends Veterans for Role in Forcing Trump Administration to Walk Back Disastrous New Policy for Disabled Veterans Blumenthal colleagues call for VA Secretary...Affairs Committee hearing with Veterans Service Organizations VSOs today Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT commended Disabled American Veterans DAV and Veterans Service Organizations for their role...conditions said Blumenthal Blumenthal emphasized how VA Secretary Collins temporarily halted implementation of the policy last week following backlash from veterans and VSOs This morning Blumenthal House Veterans...
April 30, 2025
Ranking Member Minority News At Hearing Blumenthal Warns of Harm the Trump Administration s 83 000 Nonsensical VA Firings Will Have on Veterans Mental Health Care Blumenthal on planned firings of VA mental health...on examining mental health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal stressed the harmful impact the Trump Administration s cuts and planned firings of 83 000 VA employees...reduce veterans suicide rates The rate of veteran suicide 17 6 a day is absolutely intolerable said Blumenthal during his opening W e all know even before the Trump Administration s crusade against veterans...
September 10, 2025
Minority News Blumenthal Takes Trump VA Nominee to Task over Failure to Commit to Protecting Veterans Benefits from Claw Backs I m Really Disturbed by These Answers At hearing Blumenthal grills nominee...to be the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Under Secretary for Benefits Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT grilled Brazell on her role as senior advisor to VA Secretary Doug Collins and her inability...veterans benefits including harmful proposals to begin means testing veterans disability compensation Blumenthal began by questioning Brazell on her involvement in developing the framework and process the Trump...
April 9, 2025
Search Terms Search Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Warren Takano to Collins Stop Pushing Thousands of Veterans into Foreclosure Following Secretary...Wednesday April 9 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT Senate Banking Housing and Urban Development Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren D MA...Congressional Democrats and Independents including U S Senators Blumenthal Warren Ruben Gallego D AZ Mazie Hirono D HI Angus King I ME Jack Reed D RI Tammy Duckworth D IL Andy Kim D NJ and Lisa Blunt Rochester...
December 18, 2025
Search Terms Search Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Schumer Colleagues Call on Independent Watchdog to Investigate Impact of Republicans Health Care...Thursday December 18 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT and Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer D NY today led a group of 26 of their colleagues...significant number of VA staff who have quit due to Trump and Collins draconian workforce policies Blumenthal and Schumer s letter was joined by U S Senators Angela Alsobrooks D MD Tammy Baldwin D WI Lisa...
January 23, 2025
News Blumenthal Senate Democrats Demand Trump Exempt All VA Employees from Hiring Freeze Thursday January 23 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT...of Veterans Affairs VA employees from the hiring freeze he issued on Monday In a letter to Trump Blumenthal and the Senators stressed concerns about the negative impact the hiring freeze will have on the...ability of veterans across the country to get the care and benefits they desperately need wrote Blumenthal and the Senators It could also delay or deny various other services across VA from burial services...
April 8, 2025
Search Terms Search Whistleblower Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Blumenthal Takano Lawmakers Demand Collins Exempt VA Employees from Trump s Retaliatory Executive Order to...attacks Tuesday April 8 2025 WASHINGTON D C Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal D CT and House Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano D CA are leading a group of...this EO by requesting a waiver for all Department employees The letter was led by Ranking Members Blumenthal and Takano and joined by 21 Senators and 106 Representatives including House Appropriations Subcommittee...
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