Richard Blumenthal: “As the ACLU noted, it has often been the states--not the Federal Government--that have acted in a timely and important…”

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

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.

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…

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