Sheldon Whitehouse: “I hope that the Committee will take into sincere consideration the home State concerns of Senator Harris and Senator…”

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.

President Trump’s 2017 tax law and Big, Beautiful-for-Billionaires bill handed billionaires and big corporations massive tax breaks on private jets. The Trump administration now says it would be ‘burdensome’ to close the private jet tax…

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…

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.