WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
As the Democratic lead in the Senate for the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement after the bill passed the House unanimously. The bill now heads to the President's desk.
"The theft of art by the Nazi regime was more than a pilfering of property-it was an act of inhumanity," said Blumenthal. "Our bipartisan effort seeks to strengthen measures to bring long overdue justice to families whose cherished art was brazenly stolen by the Nazis."
The bill, co-led by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and joined by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Marsha Blackburn (R-...