BLUMENTHAL & CORNYN FILE AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, FAMILIES IN LAWSUITS OVER NAZI-CONFISCATED ART

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:

[WASHNGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John Cornyn (R-TX), authors of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act, filed an amicus brief defending the legislation's constitutionality in ongoing litigation over the recovery of Nazi-looted art.

"The Nazi campaign to steal art treasured by Jewish families and others targeted by the regime the was about more than a pilfering of property-it was a deeply personal theft and an act of inhumanity," Blumenthal said. "Senator Cornyn has been my partner for years in bringing long overdue justice to families whose cherished art was brazenly stolen by the Nazis. I am proud to join ...