---
type: Person
title: "Richard Blumenthal"
description: "U.S. Senate - CT — State of Connecticut"
role: "U.S. Senate - CT"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Seapower"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights"
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  - name: "United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs"
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  current: true
election:
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confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ct]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Richard Blumenthal

Current U.S. Senate - CT (State of Connecticut).

## Committees

- [Senate Committee on Armed Services](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Airland](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/airland.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Personnel](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/personnel.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Seapower](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/seapower.md)
- [Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs.md)
- [Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census](/us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/subcommittees/disaster-management-district-of-columbia-and-census.md)
- [Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/subcommittees/permanent-subcommittee-on-investigations.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/antitrust-competition-policy-and-consumer-rights.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Crime and Counterterrorism](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/crime-and-counterterrorism.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/federal-courts-oversight-agency-action-and-federal-rights.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Privacy, Technology, and the Law](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/privacy-technology-and-the-law.md)
- [United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control](/us/bodies/senate/committees/united-states-senate-caucus-on-international-narcotics-control.md)
- [Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/veterans-affairs.md) — **ranking-member**

## Sources

- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).