NOTE: I received notice about this press conference this morning but was unable to attend. I press person for Senator Blumenthal to comment on the recently found warehouses of aid kept from those in need from the hurricane. I have not heard back. HARTFORD, CT – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), John Larson (D-CT), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jim Himes (D-CT), and Jahana Hayes (D-CT) called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to immediately remove undue restrictions and delays placed on $16.5 billion in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) disaster mitigation and recovery funds for Puerto Rico. Inexcusably delayed…
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