Sheldon Whitehouse: “Federal requirements, and the State bureaucracies that are necessary to help implement them, have far too significant a…”

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.

The fossil fuel-captured EPA’s decision to end its regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants is a tragic and expensive mistake.

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