Sheldon Whitehouse: “-- billionaires out to control the country for their own benefit so they can pollute it well, so they don`t have to pay…”

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.

The wins from this could be very very big ones. This should lower electricity costs measurably for Americans. This should increase clean power significantly for Americans. This should significantly add construction and jobs across the…

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.

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