Sheldon Whitehouse: “VAWA was not only the right thing to do, it has also proven to be fiscally sound legislation.”

We need more clarity on that.

This is a hugely important milestone but there are two big pieces of work in front of us.

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.

“must pay for any network upgrades needed to serve their big demand, so ratepayers don’t bear the cost burden of added infrastructure.”