Richard Blumenthal

“These reports warrant immediate attention, but they also raise a broader question: whether the Navy can sustain the operational tempo now being demanded of its carrier force, particularly as this administration repeatedly commits US forces to conflicts of its own choosing and increasingly relies on aircraft carriers to sustain those operations,”

Richard Blumenthal · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-17

Blumenthal wrote in a letter to Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth raising alarm over deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Lincoln.

“Essentially, it’s loyalty to Donald Trump … despite all of these utterly sickening failing[s],”

Richard Blumenthal · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-30

Blumenthal said in a brief interview that he urged Democratic colleagues to argue on the Senate floor that Bove was unfit due to his loyalty to Trump.

“We want to make use of the seized assets, again, in a unified way. I think a multifaceted approach here is the only way to bring Putin to the table, because he’s a thug,”

Richard Blumenthal · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-13

Richard Blumenthal called for utilizing seized Russian assets to pressure Vladimir Putin.