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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jun 5, 2022

Spare me the bullshit about constitutional rights. You know who didn't have due process? You know who didn't have their constitutional right to life respected? The kids at Parkland, and Sandy Hook, and Uvalde, and Buffalo, and the list…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jun 2, 2022

Stop saying nothing in this legislation would change anything. That is a lie. That is not true. It will save lives.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· May 25, 2022

I was unavoidably absent for rollcall vote No. 200, the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 857, Evelyn Padin, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey. Had I been present, I would have voted yea. I was…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 25, 2022

let me just say I hope we can find a way to move forward. Ms. Bavishi is needed to fill a very important position. Those of us in coastal States know the problem with Oceans and Atmosphere is profound. Perhaps my favorite new figure is…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 25, 2022

I do not want to keep the distinguished Senator from Maine on the floor any longer than we have to, so I am going to move rapidly to the unanimous consent motion. But I do want to tell the Senator that I am actually rather sympathetic to…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

I don't subscribe to the formulation that you should not do anything because of that.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

Freddie Mac is talking about a property values crash because of sea level rise.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

It will be worse than the 2008 mortgage meltdown and pretty much everybody in the financial sector is talking about what happens when the carbon bubble bursts.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

Let's not forget the upwind pollution that is coming into our downwind States.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

We are 16 months into this Administration and what is widely believed to be a world climate crisis caused by carbon emissions.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the RECORDS on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

The American Petroleum Institute has said it supports regulation of methane emissions, correct?

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

We have cars and light trucks with a final rule that for the overlapping years is less strong than the Obama-era standard.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

I really, really want EPA to enforce pollution standards in upwind States, because they have a demonstrated record of not caring.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

Well, I beg to differ. But for that reason, I very much hope you will exceed.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

The reason Republicans are willing to be put on record voting against sensible gun laws that will protect children from being massacred in their schools is because of the power of the NRA.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 24, 2022

There is no question that Cummins has benefited because of environmental regulations. Regulations should be tough, because climate change is a tough problem to solve and requires us to find new technologies and new ways of operating.

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