Richard Blumenthal: “Will you commit to working with me to expand care to those veterans and also to secure, from the Department of Defense…”

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

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

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.”