Sheldon Whitehouse: “I share the frustration of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle with this situation.”

We need more clarity on that.

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.

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.