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.
Senator Blumenthal firmly believes gender equality is a human right. During his career in public service, he has worked to ensure all people can fully participate in American life, regardless of their gender. True gender equality includes the right to choose whether and when to have a child. Senator Blumenthal is committed to continuing the fight to protect access to safe and legal reproductive care for all people, no matter their zip codes. Gender equality also means the right to be safe from sexual and gender-based violence. Senator Blumenthal will continue to stand up for survivors and fight tirelessly to stop the insidious cycle of domestic violence.