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Richard Blumenthal's Public Statements on Issue: Animals and Wildlife

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11/29/2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Durbin Urges USDA To Update Standards For Commercial Dog Breeding Facilities
11/04/2021 Letter to Hon. Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Schiff, Feinstein, Huffman, Delbene, Colleagues Urge USDA to Improve Standard of Care for Captive Marine Mammals
10/28/2021 Letter to Hon. Deb Haaland, Secretary Department of the Interior - Protecting Grey Wolves
02/02/2021 Letter to Mr. Chris Moore, Executive Director of the Mid-Alantic Fishery Management Council and Mr. Robert E. Beal, Executive Director of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission - Connecticut Fishermen Secure Increase In Black Sea Bass Quota Following Support From Connecticut Congressional Delegation
07/14/2020 Letter to David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior - Carper, Van Hollen Lead Democratic Senators in Push for Interior to Reverse Course on Harmful Migratory Bird Treaty Act Changes
05/20/2020 Letter to Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, Chairman Shelby, and Vice Chairman Leahy - Wyden, Merkley Join Bipartisan Push to Increase Funding to Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence & Pets in Next COVID-19 Relief Bill
03/19/2020 Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior - 23 Senators Urge the Interior Department to Reverse Course on Proposed Changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
09/25/2018 Letter to the Hon. Joseph Simons, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Consumers from Predatory Pet Leasing Practices
09/13/2018 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, the Hon. Nita Lowey, the Hon. James Lankford, the Hon. Tom Graves, the Hon. Christopher Coons, and the Hon. Mike Quigley - Murphy, Connecticut and New York Lawmakers Urge Appropriators to Protect Plum Island
09/12/2018 Letter to the Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior and the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - Senators Carper and Udall Lead Democratic Senators in Raising Concerns Over Trump Administration's Attacks on Landmark Endangered Species Act
04/26/2018 Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, US Sen. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Urge a Farm Bill Free of Environmental Poison Pill Riders
04/26/2018 Letter to Chairman John Hoeven, and Ranking Member Jeff Merkley - Ensure Horse Slaughter Remains Illegal
04/25/2018 Letter to Timothy Gallaudet, Acting Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association - Senators Call for Study on the Critically Endangered Right Whale
03/13/2018 Letter to the Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - Ban Trophy Hunting Imports of Endangered Species
12/19/2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations - Continue Defunding USDA Inspections, Ban Horse Meat in US
11/21/2017 Letter to the Honorable Ryan Zinke, Secretary of US Department of the Interior - Elephant Trophy Decision
05/30/2017 Letter to the Honorable John Boozman, Chairman, and the Honorable Jon Tester, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Plum Island
03/15/2017 Letter to the Honorable Ryan Zinke, Secretary of US Department of the Interior - Funding for Land and Water Conservation
02/13/2017 Letter to Acting Deputy Secretary Young - Restore Animal Cruelty, Puppy Mill Records On USDA Website
06/14/2016 Letter to David Smith, Acting Inspector General for the US Department of Commerce - Blumenthal, Murphy, Courtney Call for Inspector General Investigation into Unfair Quotas that Threaten Connecticut Fishing Industry
05/16/2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Call to Address Human Trafficking in Seafood Supply Chain
12/10/2015 Letter to Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Department of the Interior - Funding for the Connecticut River Watershed and the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
11/05/2015 Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Concerning Appropriations Riders on the Endangered Species Act
10/16/2015 Letter to Sandy Kennedy, RILA President, and Matthew Shay, NRF President and CEO - Call for Retail Boycott of Harmful Plastic Microbeads Threatening Long Island Sound
11/21/2014 Letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Protect Bees from Pesticides

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