Richard Blumenthal: “I want to say about this process that I think that you are entitled to an up-or-down vote by the U.S. Senate.”

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.

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

“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.”

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…