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.
As a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Senator Blumenthal is committed to protecting U.S. national security and providing servicemembers and their families with the resources they need to defend our nation. Senator Blumenthal believes a strong military and close cooperation with allies are critical to defending American security interests and confronting the shared global challenges we face. Through the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), he champions comprehensive benefits to support servicemembers and military families during and after their service. He is also proud to represent the Connecticut defense industrial base workforce, from large prime contractors to small businesses within the supply chain.