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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 1, 2017

Mr. President, I am here today for the 158th time to ask this Chamber to wake up to the mounting evidence of climate change. The sad truth is that, in Congress anyway, this issue has turned starkly partisan thanks to a torrent of dark…

Congressional Record · 2017-03-01
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Feb 28, 2017

when we have to try to quantify the damage and we don't get good information because FEMA simply has it wrong, that is very significant.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Feb 28, 2017

These wargaming projections indicate NATO's current structure would fail to repel a Russian force invasion of its bordering Baltic neighbors.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Feb 28, 2017

The U.S. is positioned to lead NATO to achieve cyber goals.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Feb 28, 2017

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for convening this panel. It has been a great discussion.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Feb 28, 2017

It is no secret that over the past decade, the Russian government has conducted increasingly frequent and egregious cyberattacks against NATO countries.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Feb 27, 2017

Mr. President, today I want to pay special tribute to an exceptional officer of the U.S. Army, MG Camille M. Nichols. Currently serving as the director of the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, General…

Congressional Record · 2017-02-27
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Feb 27, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 100. ____________________

Congressional Record · 2017-02-27
David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 27, 2017

the most powerful economic decision maker in America is Wall Street, and they want us to ignore the devastation of America's working families.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 27, 2017

Japan demands that we risk lives to defend these uninhabited islands and that we spend billions.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 27, 2017

none of those disputes justify a massive increase in the American military budget.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 27, 2017

we focus all of our attention on China's refusal to adhere to international law on these disputes.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 27, 2017

the aggression of China in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, is an irritant and maritime disputes and our support for a free, international maritime regime is important.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 27, 2017

if China somehow dominated wrongfully and tried to interdict in this area, those tankers would have to change their course, thus increasing the cost of gasoline in Japan by at least 1/10 of 1 cent per gallon.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 16, 2017

Mr. Speaker, like the main characters in ``Stranger Things,'' we are now stuck in the ``Upside Down.'' Right is wrong. Up is down. Black is white. The White House deceives the American public for weeks about their contacts with Russia, but…

Congressional Record · 2017-02-16
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Feb 16, 2017

The Senator from Hawaii is a very kind as well as a very distinguished individual, and he is willing to spot Mr. Pruitt's sincerity in the way he goes about his business. I am a skeptical New Englander, and I think Mr. Pruitt looks a…

Congressional Record · 2017-02-16
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Feb 16, 2017

Well, on the subject of respect for and obedience to statute, I thought we might want to discuss for a minute the Oklahoma open records law which the attorney general of Oklahoma not only needs to obey, but he needs to enforce it. He is…

Congressional Record · 2017-02-16
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Feb 16, 2017

If I recall the facts of this correctly, not only did he shut down the environmental unit of the department of the attorney general, but in subsequent reporting you could not find a dollar allocated to environmental activities in the…

Congressional Record · 2017-02-16