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 has fought tirelessly to ensure all individuals have access to affordable, quality health care coverage. He has worked to protect and improve the Affordable Care Act and supports efforts to guarantee universal health care for all. Senator Blumenthal is dedicated to lowering the cost of prescription drugs, protecting children from the dangers of e-cigarettes and tobacco, safeguarding reproductive rights, and bringing about a more equitable health care system. As we work toward ending this pandemic and confront other, ongoing threats to our health, like climate change, Senator Blumenthal believes investment in public health must be one of our nation’s top priorities.