Richard Blumenthal: “I'm very proud of the safety expertise and background that you will bring to the Board of the National Transportation…”

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

This disaster declaration is a strong step toward bringing federal aid to Connecticut following severe floods last month.

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

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…