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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 28, 2023

I see the malevolent force of the fossil fuel industry through its politics and through its dark money everywhere.

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

What is coming next is the request for taxpayer bailouts.

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

Why don't we ask the oil and gas companies that made over $300 billion of profits last year to chip in to help solve the climate crisis that they have profited from?

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of Senators Cassidy, Rubio, Sullivan, and Brown. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator…

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

Do you agree that climate change is impacting the availability of water out West?

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

I rise today to express my support for S. 316 and the repealing of the 1991 and 2002 authorization for the use of military force, or AUMF. I commend Senators Kaine and Young for their relentless work on this bill, and I am glad to be a…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

finally, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings…

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

I believe members of this Committee have called climate change a hoax or a scam.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

I am here this evening to commemorate the passing of a remarkable individual. I only met her once when I went over to speak at a gathering of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. But on March 16, at the age of 85, Her…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

After 50 years of isolating Cuba, it was clear that U.S. foreign policy was not working.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged, and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 123. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution…

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

And do you also agree that if we don't do anything, if man-made climate change continues unabated, that the problem is likely to get worse?

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

Yes, I think that is an important point, that we stick with this principle that the average person not see increases under a system for fear of pricing.

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

I think that is an important point, that we stick with this principle that the average person not see increases under a system for fear of pricing.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

The Biden administration has made it clear that standing up for democracy and human rights will remain at the center of U.S. foreign policy.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 27, 2023

The classification of a country as a State sponsor of terrorism should always be led by the facts, not politics.

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