Richard Blumenthal: “Senator Cornyn and I led the effort--it is called Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)--to enable those…”

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

There’s no excuse for this administration disobeying the law and withholding this funding.

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