Rhode Island stands as proof that clean energy development can be done in a thoughtful way that incorporates community input, protects industry, and safeguards local wildlife.

To run an unjust tax system that creates bigger deficits for the sake of wealthy political influence is not a good place for the United States of America to be.

I think it is extremely important that we decorrupt and derottenize our Tax Code.

The tax-dodging also blows a hole in our federal budget.

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

In Rhode Island, we know that a swift transition to clean energy is possible, that it can save costs for rate payers on their electric bills, reduce emissions, and create jobs.

Simple fairness is reason enough to end this rigged system.

One of the greatest threats to our Nation's homeland security is the rise of far right and racially motivated violent extremism.

Senator Whitehouse's proposal and his sponsored legislation shows one promising path forward.

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…

If we allow companies and wealthy Americans to avoid paying taxes by going offshore, we can assume that they will follow that incentive.

You're providing them better health care.

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.

These heinous acts are war crimes plain and simple.

Thank you for your testimony and most importantly for the important work that you are doing.

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…

I think there's an enormous opportunity here.

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.