Richard Blumenthal: “We have to constantly evaluate this. This is something that we're going to have to deal with for a very long period of…”

After all the years I’ve spent working on this issue, I could never for one minute trust the NCAA to police itself.

“After all those horrific deaths and public outcry, we were told DHS was going to change,” he said. “Again and again, those promises were proven false.”

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.

This disaster declaration is a strong step toward bringing federal aid to Connecticut following severe floods last month.