Brian Schatz: “I’m grateful to Secretary McMahon for working with us to protect this funding and will continue working every day to…”

You have a President of the United States whose stated policy on tariffs, on energy, on Iran, on health care, on food, is to raise the price of everything.

Every day this money doesn't get to where it's supposed to go; every contribution, worth hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars, is delayed, people go hungry, people get sick, people die.

This emergency declaration will bring critical federal resources to communities impacted by Hurricane Lala and help with restoring essential services, clearing debris, and repairing damaged infrastructure.

Lala brought devastating flooding, damaged roads and bridges, knocked out power, and left communities isolated.