Richard Blumenthal: “The government first and foremost... needs to indicate its desire to lead, its intent to lead, as opposed to observe.”

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

“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’m feeling very hopeful because the focus on AI is building the momentum for the Kids Online Safety Act.

Sen. Blackburn and I will fight as long and hard as necessary to pass this bill.