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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 8, 2024

My Republican colleagues complain that I, and my Democratic colleagues, aren't concerned about our nation's fiscal situation...

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 8, 2024

And healthcare spending has gone up even more. Does that also relate to an aging population?

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 8, 2024

Do we really want to leave Ukraine high and dry to the tender mercies of the pediatric hospital bombing monster Putin? I kind of doubt it.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 8, 2024

the prospect of that creating a shock to the economy along the lines of the 2008 shock or worse, have been repeatedly raised in this Committee

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 8, 2024

the growth in healthcare spending has been one of the primary drivers on the spending side.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 8, 2024

Helping the wealthy avoid taxes is such an infatuation that House Republicans even brought the United States to the brink of default trying to prevent the IRS from cracking down on wealthy tax cheats.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 8, 2024

Is it a fact, Director Swagel, that projected primary spending, that is federal non-interest spending, is now lower than it was projected to be in 2012?

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 8, 2024

CBO's long-term budget projections back in 2012 were the last time that CBO showed debt declining as a share of GDP.

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Jun 12, 2024

I agree with what Chairman Green said earlier about the importance of incentives.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 11, 2024

I think that the attorney general has an obligation to follow the direction of the president of the United States when the president of the United States asserts executive privilege.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 11, 2024

Every other government official is subject to fact-finding, even the president had to submit to an interview about the documents in his garage. These justices won't allow themselves to be subjected to honest fact-finding.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 11, 2024

I don't think the fact that somebody is the president's son entitles them to be out from under rule of law.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 22, 2024

There's a legendary story of the cloak room calling Ted Kennedy and saying, we need you on this vote.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 22, 2024

There's a legendary story of the cloak room calling Ted Kennedy and saying, we need you on this vote.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 22, 2024

I emphasize explicitly and unequivocally that human caused climate change poses significant risks to society and the environment.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 22, 2024

I emphasize explicitly and unequivocally that human caused climate change poses significant risks to society and the environment.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 22, 2024

I think the question is, how many MAGA battle flags does the Supreme Court justice have to fly until the rest of the court takes it seriously.

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