WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, released (https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-murder-of-va-nurse-alex-pretti) a statement on the killing of Alex Pretti, a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Intensive Care Unit nurse who worked at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.
"I am deeply saddened and outraged by the tragic death of Alex Pretti- a VA nurse who served Minnesota veterans in one of the most demanding VA health care jobs. He loved his job, his family, and his country. He was on the streets of Minneapolis Saturday morning peacefully protes...