Brian Schatz: “You keep us safe. You keep the place running. You make the Senate the Senate, and we are all very, very appreciative of…”

Congress passed a law to invest in saving lives, protecting the American people, and advancing our interests abroad; it did not hand Trump a checkbook to spend on whatever he pleases while blocking funding for everything else.

Recovering from back-to-back hurricanes requires significant resources, and help is on the way. I thank the president for approving these disaster declarations which will unlock federal resources and help our state and county governments…

Disasters used to be an unfortunate reality you had to deal with from time to time. Now, we’re getting back-to-back hurricanes on top of historic floods... That is not normal.

Hurricanes and floods and tornadoes and fires don’t pick and choose their targets based on how the last election went.