Richard Blumenthal: “I have fears about what this nominee will do with respect to our rule of law, but also about basic rights.”

It’s illogical, illegal, intolerable — and that’s in effect what the court found.

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.”

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