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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Feb 13, 2025

For the Senate, there is a strong majority, supermajority, in favor of supporting Ukraine, seeing this through and making sure that this does not come off as a win for Putin and embolden him further.

newsweek.com
Gabe Amo
@gabeamo· RI· Feb 7, 2025

Let's be clear: the people cheering this the loudest are scammers and people who don't want you to keep your hard-earned dollars.

commondreams.org
Gabe Amo
@gabeamo· RI· Feb 7, 2025

CFPB has returned more than $20,000,000,000 to consumers since it was founded.

commondreams.org
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Feb 6, 2025

It’s not just that the buyout won’t be honored; it can’t be honored.

slate.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 30, 2025

It's unpleasant to be told we're making up lies when we're using his actual words.

alternet.org
Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Jan 28, 2025

This is a gift to terrorists and our adversaries across the world. Trump needs to stop this madness and resume funding now.

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Jan 28, 2025

They are back-tracking because we spoke up. Good. But make no mistake: their OMB memo ordered a freeze of *all* grants.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 23, 2025

You have championed the pardoning of military members who were turned in by their fellow soldiers and SEALs, as well as military contractors convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians without cause.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Nov 19, 2024

I think there are some Republican senators who are eager to crawl. I think there are others who are trying to keep their powder dry and stay out of trouble with Trump for as long as they can.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Nov 19, 2024

Look, we should get the House Ethics report. We should get the Department of Justice files, there's precedent for getting the House Ethics report.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Nov 19, 2024

I think the bottom line here is that there is an element of Trump wanting to sort of subjugate Republican senators here.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Nov 19, 2024

Yes, I think it will in time, in order to have an effective intelligence operation protecting Americans, you have to be able to work well with our allies, particularly the legendary Five Eyes, with whom we share enormous amounts of…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2024

Reforming Social Security's payroll tax cap could close more than 100 percent of the long-term financing gap.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2024

I would just like to ask you if you would be willing to work with me, and I know Senator Wyden is interested in this on the Finance Committee as well, in a general look at how to do cliff smoothing.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 11, 2024

As most viewers will understand, the Budget Committee has very specific responsibilities related to the actual budget process.

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