Sheldon Whitehouse: “I very much hope that we will try again, and perhaps on the basis of the testimony here, have more success.”

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.

We need more clarity on that, and when we have more clarity on that they’ll be back-and-forth to try to resolve those issues.

We need more clarity on that.

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