At Wednesday’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on disaster relief, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) pressed Arthur Jemison, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary For Community Planning And Development of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, about when his state would receive block grant disaster relief.

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“We’ve Begged, We’ve Pleaded, We’ve Sent Fruit Baskets”: John Kennedy Asks HUD Official About Aid