Richard Blumenthal

The West Virginia Democrat spoke to reporters after a bipartisan group of senators met to discuss gun laws.

"Unless the president invokes the Defense Production Act ... we will run out of these key arms," Senator Richard Blumenthal said.

Richard Blumenthal and Ed Markey wrote a letter to Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressing their concern about safety reports on the the carmaker's self-driving systems.

"The officials...said we'd love to have you come back when COVID is over. We came here to see conditions when COVID is the problem. That was the whole point."

The U.S. cruise industry has only been reopened for about six months, with ships beginning to depart from Florida again in June after COVID-19 shutdowns.

The bill would allow the Department of Transportation to regulate fees to ensure they are "reasonable and proportional" to the cost imposed on the airline.

Instagram's Mosseri proposed creating an "industry body" to help oversee social media companies moving forward.

"Self-policing depends on trust. The trust is gone," Senator Richard Blumenthal told Adam Mosseri during Wednesday's hearing on Capitol Hill.

Frances Haugen recently testified on internal Facebook research that showed users could see negative impacts on their mental health and body image.

The LAPD has linked the untraceable weapons to "24 killings, eight attempted homicides and dozens of assaults and armed robberies" over the last two years.

"I think Mark Zuckerberg has an obligation to tell the American people himself," Senator Richard Blumenthal said on Wednesday.

Social media users mocked the senator for a clip that suggested he did not know the slang term for fake Instagram accounts. In fact, he described them accurately in the Senate hearing.

"For years, Apple and Google have squashed competitors and kept consumers in the dark, Senator Richard Blumenthal said in a statement.

More than 80 percent of Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate are backing legislation that would block states from adopting strict abortion regulations—an effort abortion rights advocates say is needed before the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court takes its next action on state-level abortion laws.

Senators sent similar letters to airlines last year, requesting full cash refunds instead of flight credit to customers forced to cancel air travel during the pandemic.

The Democratic senator suggested McConnell's actions were only a "first test" for Democrats in the upper chamber.

The legislation would provide $5 billion to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for states that implement mask requirments.

"There is no reason for these platforms to have blanket immunity, a shield against any accountability that is not enjoyed by any other industry in the same way," said U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal.

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) led a group of 15 senators sponsoring the Untraceable Firearms Act of 2020 on Thursday, which would regulate parts and materials commonly used to make untraceable "ghost guns."

Richard Blumenthal said Murkowski's statements reflected "strong reservations" held by other Republicans in the Senate.

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal told MSNBC that "unpredicted evidence" could prompt more Republican senators to vote against Trump.

"How can we refuse to see that shooting in real time, demanding our attention, requiring our action?" Senator Blumenthal asked his colleagues as he learned of the Santa Clarita shooting.

The attorney general labeled the controversy he's found himself enveloped in as "mind-bendingly bizarre."

"Lying to the American people may not be itself breaking the law, but if it's part of a conspiracy, part of aiding and abetting other illicit actions, we need to see the full special counsel report and all that he knows," Democrat Richard Blumenthal said.

Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal asked Trump administration officials who is responsible for the practice of separating immigrant children from their parents.

Many view the tweet as an admission that Trump was aware Flynn had lied to federal agents when he fired him.

In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, the senator pushed for an evaluation of whether the administration "is selectively disclosing or manipulating data."

Democrats held a press conference Tuesday to explain their lawsuit against the president.

Democrats claim Trump has been receiving foreign profits in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Chuck Schumer and other Democrats are urging Republicans to choose another Supreme Court nominee.