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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 24, 2021

there is significant danger among the wealthy that involves such sophisticated schemes

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 24, 2021

Trump promised his tax law would put America first and bring jobs and investment back home.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 24, 2021

underreporting is bigger and worse higher up the income scale than it is for people who are ordinary wage earners

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 24, 2021

the likelihood is about the same [for being audited] due to dramatic budget cuts

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 24, 2021

the way that the dark economy enterprises support international criminal cartels, support kleptocrats, support enemies of our country

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 23, 2021

today I am reintroducing the Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act along with my colleague Senator Whitehouse. This legislation seeks to address a longstanding inequity in our nation's fisheries management system that denies Rhode Island a…

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 23, 2021

for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 23, 2021

We are all interested in getting everyone back to work.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Mar 23, 2021

To then say that, well, those are the only people in the military that could possibly be involved in extremism is simply logically absurd.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Mar 23, 2021

Today is about nothing more than cancel culture coming for our military and it is disgusting.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Mar 23, 2021

This isn't a hearing about the readiness of our Armed Forces. It's nothing more, unfortunately, than political theater.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Mar 23, 2021

Well, I don't think we should have had 1 percent of the people storming the U.S. Capitol having served in the military.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 23, 2021

I pick up where Senator Van Hollen left off because, when he was fighting for the DISCLOSE Act in the House, I was the manager of that bill on the floor here in the Senate. It would do something very simple. If you are spending more than…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 22, 2021

The costs of blank-check force authorizations enacted decades ago are sobering.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 22, 2021

I think if we are all honest, Congress has benefited from our failure to engage in this work because we have left the difficult decisions to the executive branch.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 22, 2021

There is really no good reason... why Authorization for the Use of Military Force granted in 1991... is still in effect.

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