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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

Which they can put into a pricing advantage and crush small businesses with a pricing advantage that they only got by hiding revenue offshore?

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

Which they can put into a pricing advantage and crush small businesses with a pricing advantage that they only got by hiding revenue offshore?

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

If you believe in a progressive tax system, they should be paying a lot more than 25 percent, because when one percent of the population gets 22 percent of the entire country's income, more than the entire lower 50 percent, that is such a…

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

Paramilitary groups, like the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and the Three Percenters, wrap themselves in the flag, but they are not patriots.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

This is about the tax injustices that are presently baked into our Tax Code.

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

The January 6 rioters are not political prisoners, they are criminals who attacked police officers.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

This combination of huge amounts of political money flowing into the system from big special interests kept secret from the American public, has dramatically added to the long-term difficulty of trying to have fairness in Congress.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

I watched that get dramatically worse after the Citizens United decision, when wealthy special interests could spend unlimited amounts of money in politics.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

I further ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

Mr. President, I am here for now the 21st in my series of speeches about the scheme to capture and control our Supreme Court, a scheme to which rightwing special interests have devoted hundreds of millions of dark money dollars. The…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

One of the things that I have experienced in my time in the Senate is the extent to which Congress is responsive to big special interests and to extremely wealthy individuals.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

On behalf of the majority leader, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions introduced earlier today: S. Res. 160, 161, and 162. There being no objection, the…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 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 Senator Murkowski, to whom I express gratitude for her courtesy. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore…

Congressional Record · 2023-04-18