WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - This week, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) raised concerns in two letters about potential conflicts of interest surrounding the Trump Administration's deals with more than a dozen critical mining companies with ties to President Trump's family, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's family, or both.
In a letter sent to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, and President & Chairman of the Export...