Richard Blumenthal: “When you think about it it is so critically important because a school may be really happy to get rid of a rapist.”

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.”

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