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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Feb 1, 2021

I have been asking the FBI and the Department of Justice from the beginning to treat this as a kind of investigation where you do the work of looking to see who is behind it. You follow the money, you look at the groups, the follow…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Feb 1, 2021

Yes. While Trump was a flamboyant offense to democracy, there was also this creeping insinuation of dark money into our political system. and it is probably just as dangerous as Trump`s flamboyant excesses.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 28, 2021

Mr. President, today I am introducing legislation to address the decades of underinvestment in our Nation's libraries by reinstating Federal support for library construction. Libraries are essential community institutions that give the…

Congressional Record · 2021-01-28
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 28, 2021

Mr. President, among the many barriers to safely bringing students, teachers, and staff back to school for in-person instruction is the condition of school facilities. A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that over…

Congressional Record · 2021-01-28
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 28, 2021

Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a beloved figure in the Senate community, the late Barbara A. O'Malley, who passed away on January 6. For three decades, Mrs. O worked in the office of our former colleague, Senator Barbara…

Congressional Record · 2021-01-28
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 27, 2021

Mr. President, I am particularly glad to see the senior Senator from New Mexico presiding on what, for me, is a sentimental moment, because he has been such a terrific friend and colleague and advocate in the battle of climate change. I am…

Congressional Record · 2021-01-27
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 27, 2021

Thank you, Senator Inhofe. I am grateful to the senior Senator from Oklahoma. We are, indeed, fairly fierce adversaries on the issue of climate, but it is a fervent prayer of mine that that might change because I have had the experience of…

Congressional Record · 2021-01-27
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 27, 2021

The climate is an emergency and that the U.S. government needs to do more and that we need to lead the world on innovating and adopting and investing and confronting the climate disaster.

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

Instead of urging that it`s time to wake up, I close this long run by saying now, it`s time to get to work.

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

Nature keeps sending us messages about what is happening out there. And in Washington we continue to ignore those messages. But they keep on coming.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 26, 2021

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll, and the following Senators entered the Chamber and answered to their names: [Quorum No. 2…

Congressional Record · 2021-01-26
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 25, 2021

Instead of urging that it`s time to wake up, I close this long run by saying now, it`s time to get to work.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 25, 2021

Nature keeps sending us messages about what is happening out there. And in Washington we continue to ignore those messages. But they keep on coming.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 25, 2021

Madam President, I have hastened to the floor because I was upstairs, waiting for the House managers to bring the article over, and I heard my friend, the distinguished Senator from Alaska, talking about his concern about the fossil fuel…

Congressional Record · 2021-01-25
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 25, 2021

Madam President, I would just close by suggesting that perhaps my friend, the Senator from Alaska, can sympathize, since he fears that the interests that he came to the floor here to defend will not be listened to. Perhaps he can…

Congressional Record · 2021-01-25