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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

Let's make this a 'can.' We really do need those 30 gigawatts; we really do need these jobs.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

If the function of lowering business taxes is to reward and induce investment that create jobs, then I can get behind that.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

Let's make this a 'can.' We really do need those 30 gigawatts; we really do need these jobs.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

We heard unchallenged testimony from Moody's Chief Economist that the MAGA plan would cost the American economy almost 800,000 jobs and increase the chance of a recession.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

This is not a witch hunt. This is not a smear. This is not a harassment. This is to try to rescue the reputation of the Court from some very sordid facts that have been disclosed and proven.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

I then called on him to rescue the reputation of the Court by simply taking action to respond to this well-documented outrage.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

If there is any question about the integrity and character of these Justices, it really undermines the institution of the Court.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

I think he is appropriately chairing this Subcommittee on the Courts at a moment in history when he's needed now more than ever.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

If the function of lowering business taxes is to reward and induce investment that create jobs, then I can get behind that.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

We heard unchallenged testimony from Moody's Chief Economist that the MAGA plan would cost the American economy almost 800,000 jobs and increase the chance of a recession.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

There's only one person in that room who was threatening to default on the credit of the United States.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

I think if we're going to do this, we've got to come up with a budget reform that moves us to a stable, sensible debt to GDP.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

I believe very much that this Committee has a very important role to play in the permitting reform conversation.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

If the purpose of lower business taxes is to windfall to CEOs and shareholders stock buybacks and increase compensation, then I don't support that.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

I promise you Ranking Member Grassley, hearings in the future, on ways to save healthcare costs that don't require benefit cuts.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

Unfortunately, we meet this morning in the shadow of the Republican Speaker's continuing threat to force a catastrophic U.S. default.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

I believe very much that this Committee has a very important role to play in the permitting reform conversation.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 17, 2023

I think if we're going to do this, we've got to come up with a budget reform that moves us to a stable, sensible debt to GDP.

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