Richard Blumenthal: “This is serious business and I think as you've sensed at this table it's a bipartisan feeling.”

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

Sen. Blackburn and I will fight as long and hard as necessary to pass this bill.

It’s illogical, illegal, intolerable — and that’s in effect what the court found.

“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.”