The Senate Democratic Steering Committee (DSC) selected Sen. Richard Blumenthal,...
The Senate Democratic Steering Committee (DSC) selected Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Wednesday to join the Senate Commerce Committee in the next session of Congress. He'll fill the seat vacated by Tom Udall, D-N.M., whom the DSC selected to join the…
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Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said Blumenthal will strengthen the committee’s “efforts to protect consumers and bolster personal privacy,” in a news release. The former Connecticut attorney general is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and offered several bills this session to protect wireless customers and Internet users from abuse. Blumenthal is the sponsor of the Consumer Mobile Fairness Act (S-1652) and the Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act (S-1695). He also authored the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (S-1535), the Internet Abuse, Stalking and Domestic Violence Prevention Act (S-1923) and the Child Protection Act (S-3456).