Sheldon Whitehouse

One of my most intense frustrations around here is that we have these immense infrastructure needs. They are not going to get better. They are going to get worse.

Are you worried, Mr. Sullivan, that given the backlog at the Corps and the glacial pace at which many Corps-authorized projects proceed, you could be in a situation in which by the time the Corps actually gets around to doing the project…

I am completely supportive of Chairman Boxer's effort to try to get this moving before we end this session.

To me, that is just, to use another phrase, penny-wise and pound-foolish.

And the glacial pace of getting to that, they kind of never catch up because they are not nimble enough to get the work done in time to have the effect, while the conditions----

I think he has been here the longest.

My recollection is the Environmental Protection Agency has done a study that shows that we have $600 billion worth of water and wastewater infrastructure work that needs to be done.

I am captivated by your 34 to 1 return on investment ratio, and would invite you and any of the other witnesses who have return on investment valuations for water, wastewater, public safety, shoreline protection infrastructure to please…

We need the jobs now still. My State is still at a very high unemployment level.

I am very happy to allow my colleague from Indiana the time, and I appreciate his good work on cyber security and hope that he and I and others can work toward a legislative solution on that. ____________________

The nation's water infrastructure is indisputably crumbling, and a meaningful reauthorization of WRDA would play a very important role in both rebuilding that infrastructure and rebuilding our economy.

Cap limits have not been adjusted for inflation or for construction cost increases.

Our system of justice, it goes without saying, is one of the badges of American democracy that we are proud of.

Well, equally, each of you is very, very impressive, and we look forward to pushing for a prompt confirmation.

Congratulations on the great honor of having been nominated by the President.

In the event that the law requires... are you willing to take that step to cross public opinion and do what you believe is right?

We need good judges and we need them in adequate number for our system of justice to function.

Voting to confirm an individual to the federal bench is one of the most important and lasting decisions that a Senator can make.

One of the dirtiest deeds that was done to American students was squirreled away in the so-called Bankruptcy Reform Act.

May I simply interject, with the Senator's permission, to say how much of a pleasure it has been to work with him on this issue and to say that I think a great number of Senators on both sides of the aisle have worked in very good faith to…

May I suggest that the Senator proceed, and it would be helpful to me if he could give me an indication, first, of how long he might be and, second, that we enter into a unanimous consent agreement that I be recognized following his…

The only reasonable conclusion one could draw is that it would be prudent to view, with some caution and some skepticism, the claims of folks who are hacked and penetrated at will--and who often usually don't even know it--that: Don't…

This is not just a hypothetical problem in Rhode Island. It is real, and real government agencies, real big corporations, real people are facing the facts and having to respond.

Virtually all respected scientific and academic institutions have stated that climate change is happening and that human activities are the driving cause of this change.

These highly esteemed scientific organizations do not think the jury is out. They recognize that, in fact, the verdict is in, and it is now time for us to act.