Richard Blumenthal: “I really commend you. I know a lot of the members of the committee join me in welcoming and commending that work.”

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

I am thrilled that this $584,250 in federal funding will allow for 1,510 additional final resting places for Connecticut veterans, ensuring families have options for their loved ones for years to come.

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

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