Political Quotes

On the recordMay 11, 2009
I honestly believe at this point without that we do not have a chance of passing a significant climate change bill here.
Said by
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse expresses doubt about passing climate legislation without strong regulations.

Share & report

More from Sheldon Whitehouse

Jul 10, 2025

The fossil fuel industry has run the biggest and most malevolent propaganda operation the country has ever seen.

thenation.com
Jul 11, 2025

How do you have an issue that you win 74 [percent] to 12 [percent] and you don’t ride that horse as hard as you can?

motherjones.com
Jul 30, 2025

Even as the lawless Emil Bove appears to have misled the committee about multiple, credible, backstopped allegations of misconduct, this body has sunk to simply being a partisan rubber stamp for President Trump.

commondreams.org
Jan 2, 2026

We began to get information about mischief taking place at the Kennedy Center and we got strong enough signals that we mounted an effort to dig into it and see what seemed actually to be going on.

theguardian.com

Other voices in this conversation