Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthalis the senior United States Senator from Connecticut, in office since 2011. Previously, he served as Attorney General of Connecticut from 1991 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 February 1946
CountryUnited States of America
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This potential fraud, now under active investigation by the state and other authorities, may indicate the need for stronger oversight and active regulation of the hedge fund industry.
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This order assures that the BRAC commission will not be sent to the president before the court rules on our lawsuit's request for a hearing, ... Our reason for seeking this order was to assure that the court has a full opportunity to consider our arguments before Connecticut may be threatened with the very substantial irreparable harm of this realignment.
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This mindless rigidity harms our taxpayers, but most of all our children.
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This lawsuit, the first of a series anticipated against insurance abuses, shows particular arrogance and avarice in victimizing the state and its taxpayers,
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This is a sad day for students of Connecticut, ... Instead of addressing the issue at hand, the state has chosen to attack a law that is designed to assist the students most in need -- and those whom these funds directly help.
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This delay is hopefully a sign that the BIA is giving this Eastern Pequot decision the careful deliberation, and denial, it deserves,
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This decision, while difficult, was driven by a realistic, clear-sighted view of the clock. The result needs to be right but prompt, and this course seems the best realistic strategy to secure a remedy that is timely, effective, and certain.
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This battle will be fought tenaciously and vigorously with every ounce of energy that we have,
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This agreement sends a clear message to Medicaid chiselers: Defraud the state and you will pay,
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Addressing those harms, has really been the purpose of our action all along and we moved substantially in ways that I think demonstrated that we had been flexible and open-minded and we will continue to be,
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This action is preposterous, false and unfounded, and an insult to law enforcement,
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Our intention is to proceed in the litigation, ... I believe this (federal) agreement reflects very good progress, but it may not be good enough to protect consumers against misuse of monopoly, or recurrence of violations of law.
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Joel Klein has taken antitrust enforcement to a new and higher level of intellectual rigor and forceful advocacy and protection of the public, ... He's been more proactive and consumer minded than many other antitrust enforcers. Joel is a hands-on enforcer who is enormously energetic and supportive of his staff, inspires tremendous loyalty, and has very insightful judgment.
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I will fight Islander East's arrogant attempt to sidestep long-established state laws, violating constitutional guarantees,