Sheldon Whitehouse: “Thank you very much, Chairman.”

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.

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

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.