Richard Blumenthal: “In my view, this hearing is really only a beginning of an inquiry that the Congress has a responsibility to conduct.”

There’s no excuse for this administration disobeying the law and withholding this funding.

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.

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.

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