Richard Blumenthal

Family

Wife: Cynthia; 4 Children,

EDUCATION

JD, Yale University Law School, 1973
Attended, Cambridge University, 1967-1968
BA, Harvard University, 1967

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Member, Congressional Bicameral High-Speed & Intercity Passenger Rail Caucus, present
Candidate, United States Senate, Connecticut, 2022
Senator, United States Senate Sr, 2011-present
Attorney General, State of Connecticut, 1990-2011
Senator, Connecticut State Senate Sr, 1987-1990
Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1984-1987

COMMITTEES

Committee on Armed Services
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee on the Judiciary
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Subcommittee on Airland
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism
Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census
Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts
Subcommittee on Personnel
Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law
Subcommittee on Seapower
Veterans' Affairs and The Military

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United States Attorney, State of Connecticut, 1977-1981
Administrative Assistant, United States Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff, 1975-1976
Sergeant, United States Marine Corps Reserves, 1970-1976
Law Clerk, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, United States Supreme Court, 1974-1975
Former Law Clerk, Judge Jon O. Newman, U.S. District Court of Connecticut, 1973-1974
White House Aide, 1969-1970
Former Aide, United States Senator Daniel P. Moynihan

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Member, Volunteer Counsel, National Association for the Advancement of Colored Member (NAACP), People Legal Defense Fund, 1981-1986
Former Editor-in-Chief, Yale Law Journal
Former Editorial Chair, The Harvard Crimson