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 supports major, historic investment in our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. We must continue to rebuild and repair Connecticut’s existing roads, bridges, airports, and maritime ports, as well as bring our transportation, water, and energy infrastructure into the twenty-first century. As a senior member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Senator Blumenthal is a tireless advocate for developing and implementing new infrastructure initiatives and modern transportation systems. He has also fought for increased reliability and service along the Northeast Corridor—the most vital rail artery in the United States. In the Senate, he has been a leader in advancing considerable, innovative federal transportation funding to complete critical projects faster and employ more of our citizens.