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.
Throughout his time in Congress, Senator Blumenthal has been a strong supporter of environmental protection efforts and policies that safeguard our planet. As the climate crisis continues, Senator Blumenthal believes it is the duty of Congress to help mitigate our country’s impact on the environment by taking actionable, commonsense steps. He will keep fighting to strengthen access to clean water and air, ensure conservation efforts are adequately funded, support the expansion of projects to eliminate food waste, and protect Americans from environmental injustice. To improve the health of our planet, Senator Blumenthal understands that the federal government must take an active role in defending and protecting our environment.