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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 12, 2017

So, I would suggest if it is good enough for the oil industry itself, it might, at some point before too long, be good enough for Congress to consider.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 12, 2017

I want to emphasize Mr. Greeson's testimony that enhanced oil recovery was and is still today the only known way to create a revenue stream that could offset the cost of building and operating carbon capture right now.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 12, 2017

These ocean technologies suffer from the same finance problems that the atmospheric technologies do.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 12, 2017

Ocean acidification is an often overlooked consequence of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 12, 2017

We have now blown through 400, which humankind has never experienced; and projections are that we will crest above 500 parts per million.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 12, 2017

So, you know, one thing that is interesting to me is that if you get away from Congress, into courts and into administrative agencies, which are forums in which facts tend to have to be factual and economics tend to have to be real and…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

I guess my question is, I think most military experts would acknowledge that there is not a good military option.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

I think we have heard from a number of my colleagues in response to those questions about pretty clear noncompliance by the Chinese.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

It seems to me that this suggestion that China is the center of gravity is right.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

All these actions undermine the credibility of the Office of the President, and the credibility of the U.S. Government.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

The President needs to lead on the global stage, pushing China and Russia to enforce sanctions effectively.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

the President's behavior surrounding this crisis is making the situation even more challenging.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

What are the tools that you intend to use, and why aren't we already using them?

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

These sanctions sound good in a press release, but if they are not actually being honored by the parties, they are not effective.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

With respect to the second part of the bill, the judicial review part, I mean, if in fact the bill had the first requirement, the active supervision, and a procedure to be sure that it is being followed, States would either be required to…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

Isn't enforcement and promoting competition critical to avoiding the harms of consolidation such as depressed wages, reduced opportunity, and workplace inequality?

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2017

Many leading economists agree that the concentration of labor markets gives corporations the ability to hoard profits at the expense of workers.

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