Richard Blumenthal: “My time has expired, but I want to thank really all the witnesses for addressing these questions so well.”

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

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

“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.”

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