from WNYC studios. I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Tuesday, July 15th.

If you live in New Jersey, it's call your senator day. But wait, people from other states can call too.

I, it's our monthly call your senator segment. My questions and yours for Democratic New

Jersey Senator Andy Kim. Some of the things we might get to today, a possible rescission vote

in the Senate tomorrow that could claw back money already appropriated by Congress for USAID, foreign aid,

USAID, where Senator Kim used to work and also for public broadcasting.

Senators from both parties coming to terms with the new Donald Trump when it comes to Russia and Ukraine.

What?

Yes, suddenly Trump is denouncing Putin and supporting more

weapons for the Ukrainians, relevant to the whole world and relevant to Senator Kim,

who used to work for the State Department and the Pentagon as well as USAID.

Is there also a new Trump position on FEMA after the flooding in a largely Republican area of Texas. There was also flooding

in New Jersey last night, as many of you experienced, we'll touch on that. And what about yesterday's

Supreme Court ruling allowing the president to dismantle the education department? What new

implications for schools in your community? And we'll see what else. Like there's a

little governor's race going on in New Jersey, too. You might have noticed that's going to be

partly a referendum, I think, on the big Trump policy bill. Senator, we always appreciate

your time and the listeners appreciate your access for their questions. Welcome back to WNYC.

Yeah, good morning. Thanks for having me. Can I ask you first about the flooding in New Jersey

last night? This was obviously no Texas type situation, but did you hear anything worth

describing this morning in terms of what people might need or in policy terms? Yeah, look, it was tough and you caught a lot of communities off guard.

I heard from so many folks just texting me, sending me pictures of the flooding outside their homes.

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