Richard Blumenthal: “Isn't it appropriate for Congress to act now, given that, again, for whatever reason the voluntary agreements don't seem…”

“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.”

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

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…