Richard Blumenthal: “There is no excuse, none, for having the kind of drain that led to these deaths.”

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.

“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.”

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.