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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 27, 2021

if at the end of the day, nobody understands the cause of all of this, you haven't done your jobs.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 26, 2021

they ran a big covert operation against their own country to try to prevent the action that we are trying to push for now.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 26, 2021

With a price on carbon, that would be consistent with global progress, you say, but it would also facilitate global progress through border adjustments.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 26, 2021

the fossil fuel industry has known for decades about this problem. They have had every chance to deal responsibly with the pollution.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 26, 2021

Yes, there is no single--it is silver buckshot, not silver bullet, I think is the way to describe it.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 26, 2021

you cannot talk about natural gas emissions without talking about methane.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 26, 2021

I think those of us who support carbon capture and removal as an essential way to safety in all of this need to think about it in those terms.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 26, 2021

there is simply no real business pressure for carbon pricing at this point.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 22, 2021

50 percent plus by 2030 is a real serious commitment.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 22, 2021

There is a really solid commit from Joe Manchin right across the board to solving this.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 22, 2021

Yes, I think the rule has to be every bill has to be a climate bill, and there has to be a big climate bill.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Apr 22, 2021

I am joined by Senator Van Hollen in reintroducing the Consumer Credit Control Act, which gives consumers greater control over when and how their consumer reports are shared by consumer reporting agencies. Our current consumer reporting…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 22, 2021

Well, let`s start with the ag bill which we went to the press conference day before yesterday, I want to say. It has 20, Republican co-sponsors. And it will instruct the Department of Agriculture to build a verifiable carbon offset so that…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 22, 2021

The first is that we`ve got a good start on a big bill right now with a massive investment in electronic vehicles, electronic vehicle infrastructure, to turn the transportation sector around.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Apr 21, 2021

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 50, as…

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Apr 21, 2021

My first priority as Co-Chair of the Career and Technical Education Caucus is that we continue to fund and strengthen CTE and similar workforce development programs.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Apr 21, 2021

I will be reintroducing the Reaching English Learner's Act to address that gap.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Apr 21, 2021

It's time for Congress to address this glaring loophole to make sure that the parents aren't struggling to pay off student debt.

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