Sheldon Whitehouse

At a time when Federal funding is difficult to come by and our coastal ecosystems are under stress from chemical and nutrient pollution, marine debris, energy extraction, overfishing, overdevelopment, and climate change, programs like NFWF…

To follow up briefly on the subject of leadership in Washington, perhaps the Speaker of the House could show some leadership on jobs by calling up the bipartisan--75 to 22-- jobs highway bill that passed this Senate, which is widely…

I just came from the Senate floor where I gave some remarks about the cyber threat that the country faces and my concern that we pass adequate legislation to actually meet that threat.

I consider that to be a completely false choice, and I think that in some respects the choice between security and privacy is also a false choice.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:19 p.m, adjourned until Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 10 a.m…

I am advised to inform my colleagues that the first vote tomorrow will be at approximately 11:10 a.m. on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1789. ____________________

Setting aside the questions that this raises about the House's ability to govern, which I think are raised by this issue but focusing on this highway question, it is now the end of March. If we go 90 days, 30 days takes us through the end…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:07 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, March 29, 2012, at 9:30 a.m…

I am informed that the first vote tomorrow will be at approximately 11:30 in the morning on the motion to invoke cloture on the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act. The Transportation bill expires at the end of the month. That will also have…

I would urge you to continue to press forward in every way you can to make sure that the orphan drugs... are pursued.

I think that with those protections, less is likely to go wrong than in prosecutions that are based on a hide-the-ball strategy.

I think that there are obvious exceptions to the open file rule, witness safety being preeminent.

There is nothing in the Quadrennial Review that doubts or denies the science behind climate change, correct?

Is it fair to say that each one of our military services neither doubts nor denies the reality of climate changes caused by carbon pollution?

America's oil dependence leaves us dangerously vulnerable. America spends over $1 billion per day overseas for oil.

We are trying to bring new technologies that have proven themselves in other fields to bear, to watch the payment of claims.

We do two things in Congress. One is to legislate and create new laws. The other is to oversee the executive branch of government and its administration of laws that already exist.

I am very alert to the oversight functions of Congress of what we could from a regulatory and oversight perspective.

I wanted to find out a little bit more about what we might be able to do to raise that limit, knowing that it would be a good thing.

We help lower hospital admissions, help keep people living in their communities, and assist those at the end of life, ensuring that their final days are comfortable and dignified, and that their families are supported and cared for, as…

The Senior Medicare Patrol is such a good idea. How do you recruit people for it?

Home health care is so important, and that's one place I think seniors and all of us can really pay attention to.

I think one of the reasons that Rhode Island is not a hot spot and that people can get away with these huge billing scams in other places is that in Rhode Island, we do tend to know each other.

Thanks to recent laws that the Senator alluded to, such as the Affordable Care Act, which is also known as the health care reform law, and the Small Business Jobs Act that was passed by Congress and that Senator Whitehouse had a great deal…

The good news is that Federal, State and local law enforcement, using both traditional and new data-driven techniques of the kind Senator Whitehouse alluded to, are working effectively and efficiently to combat these schemes.