Sheldon Whitehouse: “I have a general concern that environmental issues get very short shrift in trade negotiations.”

If we can pass this bill, we will flood the grid with clean, affordable energy and make data centers start paying their fair share.

Most of the dealbreaker humps we’re over, but now it’s refining the language, taking raw agreements into legislative texts and figuring out what schedule for voting succeeds.

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.”