Richard Blumenthal: “We ought to give South Dakota--and I'm with you on that one--more say and more resources to improve its roads and rail.”

Despite my bipartisan amendment to increase conference access, the legislation still does not adequately promote vigorous competition among teams and conferences and instead preserves the exclusive club of the current Power Four membership…

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.

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