Richard Blumenthal: “The PIF's refusal to co-operate is an affront to our authority and to our institutions.”

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.

“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.”

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