Sheldon Whitehouse: “Climate change is real and that something needs to be done about it.”

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

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