WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Led by Young People from Connecticut, First-Generation College Students Sound the Alarm on Republicans' Cuts to Higher Education * [WASHINGTON, DC] - This week, more than 20 college students - including first-generation students from Yale University, Connecticut State University, and Eastern Connecticut State University - traveled to Capitol Hill to advocate against Republicans' reconcilia more PR