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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 3, 2023

If we wanted to exert pressure on countries like China and India to move off of fossil fuels and to accelerate their transition to clean energy, what U.S. policy would most likely accomplish that?

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 3, 2023

default in the service of extremism is a place we should not be going

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 3, 2023

It would be fair to describe that as crashing the American solar industry.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 3, 2023

We recommend that the committee advance this legislation expeditiously.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 3, 2023

Fossil fuel subsidies move us away from energy prices that accurately represent the extensive external costs associated with their use.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 3, 2023

What House Republicans have voted for is one massive gift to the Chinese government because guess what? Our competitors are not debating whether to pay their debts or wreck their economy.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 3, 2023

Fossil fuel subsidies move us away from energy prices that accurately represent the extensive external costs associated with their use.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 2, 2023

There is an enormous burden of unnecessary administrative cost from that.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 2, 2023

widespread discriminatory practices, such as frequent and more arduous prior authorization practices

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 2, 2023

I wanted to flag, not exactly the topic of this hearing, but it has been extremely important in Rhode Island to have had mental health access through COVID through telehealth.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 2, 2023

I think the way out of most of those problems is comprehensive payment reform.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 2, 2023

the Congressional Budget Office estimates that fossil fuel subsidies led to a minimal impact of about a half a percent more domestic oil production.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 2, 2023

If we wanted to exert pressure on countries like China and India to move off of fossil fuels and to accelerate their transition to clean energy, what U.S. policy would most likely accomplish that?

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· May 2, 2023

My preferred policy is a border adjusted carbon tax that creates incentives to account for the costs for energy use.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 26, 2023

Roe v. Wade is an important precedent of the Supreme Court. It was decided in 1973.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 26, 2023

If you care about deficits or economic growth, you have to care about climate change and its costs and risks.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 26, 2023

It looked like the rights of women were being deliberately removed from the equation by the Justices of the Supreme Court.

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