WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), is seeking answers about troubling no-bid contracts awarded to Atlantic Industrial Coatings (Atlantic Industrial) to paint the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue as demanded by President Trump. In a letter sent today to Curtis E. Wood, Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Industrial, Blumental raised concerns after recent reporting from
"Reports detail that, like so many of President Trump's recent vanity projects, costs on this restoration have ballooned, rising from the $1.8 million President Trump promised publicly t...