Originally sworn in on January 5, 2011, Richard Blumenthal is serving his second term as a United States Senator from the State of Connecticut.
With a father who fled Nazi Germany at age 18, and a mother who left Nebraska’s farmland to become a social worker, Richard Blumenthal was raised with a deep dedication to public service, a duty to give back by helping others, and a bedrock belief in hard work.
Those values carried him through his childhood and his education at Harvard College (Editorial Chairman The Harvard Crimson, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude), and Yale Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal. To a year working as assistant to Daniel Patrick Moynihan when he was Assistant to the President of the United States. And to enlisting in the United States Marine Corps Reserves in 1970. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant in 1976.
I have fought to ensure that homeowners and renters are treated fairly by banks and other lenders. As the federal government considers further changes to the mortgage market, Congress must ensure that middle class families are still able to realize the dream of homeownership. I will continue my work to support Connecticut’s housing industry and protect Connecticut homeowners and families.
Legislation
I successfully led efforts to ensure that elderly widows are able to avoid foreclosure after the death of their spouse. I introduced the Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act to protect tenants from being abruptly kicked out of their homes through no fault of their own.
In order to keep faith with the military personnel who serve our country, I also introduced a bill to prohibit landlords from discriminating against tenants on the basis of their military service.