Richard Blumenthal: “Thank you very much, Senator Whitehouse, and thank you for those very, very salient and important points.”

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.”

I am thrilled that this $584,250 in federal funding will allow for 1,510 additional final resting places for Connecticut veterans, ensuring families have options for their loved ones for years to come.

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.