Richard Blumenthal: “The system may work well in some ways, as you suggested, but it has put out of business many, many fishermen in the…”

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.”

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

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.