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Ranking Member — Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Richard Blumenthal is a Democratic senator from Connecticut who has served in the Senate since January 2011. Before the Senate he served as Connecticut attorney general from 1991 to 2011, U.S. attorney for Connecticut, a state legislator and a member of the Marine Corps Reserve.
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Richard Blumenthal is a Democratic senator from Connecticut who has served in the Senate since January 2011. Before the Senate he served as Connecticut attorney general from 1991 to 2011, U.S. attorney for Connecticut, a state legislator and a member of the Marine Corps Reserve.
Open biography & office record ↓Richard Blumenthal is a Democratic senator from Connecticut who has served in the Senate since January 2011. Before the Senate he served as Connecticut attorney general from 1991 to 2011, U.S. attorney for Connecticut, a state legislator and a member of the Marine Corps Reserve.
His official Senate biography lists current service on Judiciary, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Armed Services, and identifies him as ranking member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
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