Richard Blumenthal: “Am I satisfied with where we are today? I think it is still a work in progress.”

After all the years I’ve spent working on this issue, I could never for one minute trust the NCAA to police itself.

“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…

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