Sheldon Whitehouse: “The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an intrusion on State and local Jim Crow laws.”

We introduced the Disaster Relief Fairness Act in July, which would require the federal government to approve disaster aid when a state meets FEMA’s criteria for assistance.

“must pay for any network upgrades needed to serve their big demand, so ratepayers don’t bear the cost burden of added infrastructure.”

The fossil fuel industry and their allies bought their way into the Trump White House with hundreds of millions of dollars in political donations.

This is a hugely important milestone but there are two big pieces of work in front of us.