Brian Schatz: “I think it is essential for one of the premier science agencies of the Federal Government for you to abide by the…”

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

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.

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.

It’s the warming planet.