Brian Schatz: “I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient…”

It shouldn't be this difficult to get the State Department to follow the law.

I go back to the original five objectives. And none of them have been met. Some of them have changed, but none of them have been met.

We are the good guys. And when a batch of aid – medicine or communications infrastructure or food – arrives with that little patch with the United States of America on it, people go, 'Help is on the way. The good guys are here.'

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.