Richard Blumenthal: “Preserving and enhancing the use of those Federal dollars is one of the main reasons we are here today.”

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.

Long-term unemployment is devastating for someone’s financial security, future job opportunities, and overall wellbeing—and it can take a toll on our economy as well.

Despite my bipartisan amendment to increase conference access, the legislation still does not adequately promote vigorous competition among teams and conferences and instead preserves the exclusive club of the current Power Four membership…

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