Kathleen Rice: “I ask that both DHS and DoD leadership commit to transparency by sharing any and all requested information with this…”

The CAROL Act is named in honor of Carol Leavell Barr, the wife of Rep. Andy Barr, who died last year of sudden cardiac arrest.

Whether due to poor State, local, and Federal coordination, understaffing, or even a lack of political will, the elderly and people of color do not benefit from Federal disaster relief compared to other Americans.

I have heard from Jewish and interfaith organizations that the present funding levels are clearly insufficient to meet the current needs.

This tragedy hit home for one of our former colleagues, former Congressman Rick Nolan, who lost his daughter Katherine to lung cancer even though she did not smoke.