Blumenthal, Richard
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Ranking Member · Veterans' Affairs Committee
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spoke · 1 of 2 transcribed hearings
9min
speaking time on the record
10
speaking turns
1,280
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Blumenthal, Richard. Thanks, Senator Hawley, and thank you for having this hearing. And as you know, the AI CEOs have signed a, quote, unquote, morally binding pledge to implement internal controls and hire external auditors. It's a system that would be completely voluntary and totally secret. That is to say, if there w...
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Business meeting to consider the request to direct Senate Legal Counsel to file an application seeking immunity.
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Business meeting to consider S.5289, to protect the right to the free exercise of religion, and the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
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Hearings to examine the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Long, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Peter M. Mansfield, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Jesus A. Osete, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
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● SPOKEHearings to examine rogue AI, focusing on securing the homeland against AI agents.
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Oversight hearings to examine Jack Smith's authority and Republicans and related matters.
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Business meeting to consider the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, and John Peter Cronan, of New York, Jason Manion, of Ohio, Claire McCusker Murray, of Maryland, and Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and D. Adam Candeub, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Joy Lynne Pittman Thorp, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Steven Weinhoeft, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, William Gerald Hardy, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, Philip Lewis III, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Seth Reister, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Florida, and Jurgen Ryan Soekhoe, to be United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, all of the Department of Justice.
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To receive a closed briefing on an update on the budget of the Department of Defense.
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Hearings to examine to take sworn witness testimony.
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Hearings to examine the nominations of Maria Lopez, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Robert R. Fleck, of Pennsylvania, David M. Jones, of Virginia, Daniel F. Rendleman, of Illinois, and James Lewis Quinn, of Virginia, each to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
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To receive a closed briefing on an update on the United States Central Command area of operations.