Sheldon Whitehouse: “And will you help us define whatever we may need to do legislatively, or by way of oversight, to make sure we close that…”

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.

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

We need more clarity on that.