Brian Schatz: “The overall objective here is to make sure that money is spent wisely and efficaciously.”

We’re all paying the price for our inaction.

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.

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

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…