Sheldon Whitehouse: “The issue then comes to why haven't we dealt with this issue? What has been the problem?”

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 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.

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.