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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

And is the warming of the ocean offshore, including measured up to literally Jacuzzi recommended temperatures, causing an effect on the strength of storms that hit Florida, particularly hurricane level storms that come from the ocean?

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

They have to make it clear that their foe is Hamas, not the Palestinian people.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

Do you think the flood insurance program requirement that you build back in place needs adjustment where properties are predictably going to be flooded over and over and over again in order to protect the integrity of the Federal Flood…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

We first had the warrantless wiretapping opinions, which were so appalling that, when they became public, the colleagues of OLC in the Department of Justice threatened to resign en masse if the program was not restructured.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

I served as United States attorney back in the Clinton administration, and at the time, the Office of Legal Counsel was viewed essentially as the high temple of legal excellence and integrity.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

If Putin is successful, he will not stop at Ukraine, and if you are a Baltic state, you are thinking, I am next.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

Eight years later, there's still no evident sign of an honest look having been taken.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

This comes down to a choice between lending them the tools to do the job or seeing young Americans facing combat.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

The hard, square corners of the jury box stand as a redoubt against influence and politics and the power of money.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

Senator Kennedy and I have worked together on finding an alternative method because we've given up on the good faith and neutrality of OLC.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

If Putin is successful, he will not stop at Ukraine, and if you are a Baltic state, you are thinking, I am next.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

I think in Congress, that a lot of the ideas that the OLC has propounded are really, really badly wrong.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 31, 2023

We have also a necessity to get many American citizens out of Gaza, and can you assure us that you are doing all you can to achieve that objective?

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 30, 2023

I think not only do we need to increase it, but also in terms of the strategy, of the perception of the world with respect to Israel, is that they have to make it clear that their foe is Hamas, not the Palestinian people.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 30, 2023

Not only do they not fund Ukraine, which I think your testimonies indicate as a vital imperative to the United States, they also want to offset the funding by taking money from the IRS.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 30, 2023

If we do not send the resources, does that increase the probability that someday we will have to send young Americans into the European Theater?

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 30, 2023

We have also a necessity to get many American citizens out of Gaza, and can you assure us that you are doing all you can to achieve that objective?

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