Richard Blumenthal: “I think that's a really important point, that we are all at risk of this violence.”

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

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

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.

“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.”