Richard Blumenthal: “I will be supporting Senator Hagel.”

Long-term unemployment is devastating for someone’s financial security, future job opportunities, and overall wellbeing—and it can take a toll on our economy as well.

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…

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

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