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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closing the barn door after everything is out.
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This ruling, if it stands, threatens to undermine and erode our power as states to hold accountable out-of-state polluters who foul our air, ... Carbon dioxide pollution endangers public health and the environment, just as other harmful emissions. These companies must be held accountable and forced to clean up.
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We need to develop a strategy that offers consumers the most immediate kind of remedy to the monopolistic power that Microsoft has misused, and to prevent Microsoft from repeating what seems to be the same kind of misconduct.
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We're trying to stick to the court's schedule, ... We want Microsoft to stop stalling and adhere to the scheduled that's already been set.
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The real question is what Microsoft will do as far as permitting access to other products like instant messaging and Internet access and whether they will really permit an open desktop.
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We are actually in a better position than Pennsylvania was, ... because we have been deprived of all of our air national guard planes. Pennsylvania lost only a quarter.
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We are ready for an appeal that we can expect from either or both of these groups,
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We are in seriously uncharted legal territory, ... But there is no precedent for a state winning when BRAC acted lawlessly.
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When I came here I felt the spirit in the room and came here to say thank you to the coaches and the players.
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What we need are specifics, a proposal on the table, so we can really evaluate whether Microsoft is serious about settlement talks, or whether it is just using the talk about talk to advance its public relations position, which has suffered grievously during this trial because their case has been so weak.
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This proposal is a power grab, ... an illegal power grab that we must meet head to head and we must hold our ground in court.
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This project has no place in Long Island Sound. It would threaten navigation security and be a sitting target for terrorists.
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The process is fundamentally flawed and must be reformed, and we need real independence and objectivity, protection against improper influences, ... I'm doing what I think is right and what best serves the interest of Connecticut citizens.
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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.