Richard Blumenthal: “That is why we are here tonight, and that is why we will stay the course. I yield the floor. The Senator from New…”

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

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

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.”