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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jul 14, 2021

What I think that does is stress the need for improving human capital, so that they can be competitive in jobs that they might otherwise not be.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Jul 14, 2021

We are stronger when we have varied and different points of view and backgrounds that we can bring to the table.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

Our coasts are in dire distress, and the Army Corps blunders on, just completely obtuse to that risk.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order following the remarks of Senator Gillibrand. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of S. 534 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 14; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered ____________________

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 26 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

this series of ``Scheme'' speeches is designed to chronicle a long-running, covert scheme to capture the Supreme Court. Regulatory Agencies have often and notoriously been captured by regulated interests. There is a whole doctrine of…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

I have been hollering at the Army Corps for years about your flood and coastal damage reduction fund.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. ____________________

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

I secured about $28 million in the Defense Appropriations Bills for a submarine, industrial-based support of workers, and of training, and education initiatives.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 13, 2021

We are looking at 9 feet of sea level rise in Rhode Island by the end of the century.

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