Mar 25, 2012
A serious effort in Congress, unfortunately, is underway to do away with Medicare, as we know it, and to slash the support the Federal Government provides for Medicaid.
Sheldon Whitehouse
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Sheldon Whitehouse is a United States Senator from Rhode Island, serving since January 4, 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Whitehouse has focused on a range of issues including environmental protection, healthcare reform, and campaign finance reform. He has been a vocal advocate for addressing climate change and has worked to promote policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and protecting natural resources. Whitehouse has also been involved in efforts to reform the political campaign finance system, emphasizing the need for transparency and accountability in political donations.
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Mar 25, 2012
This hearing was enormously helpful. I know we got tremendous publicity around the program.
Mar 25, 2012
I really applaud the specific recommendations you have made and I look forward to working with your organization to see what can be done by way of moving them into legislation.
Mar 21, 2012
I do not believe we are creating a lot of pollution out of Rhode Island that the rest of the country has to worry about.
Mar 21, 2012
My theory that it is disconnected by special interest money from the real world, by polluting special interest money from the real world.
Mar 21, 2012
The American Lung Association has just done a poll that shows 73 percent of Americans understand that you can have solid clean air standards and a strong economy, that they go together.
Mar 21, 2012
We are a downwind State. On a bright summer day you drive into work, and the drive time radio is often saying that today is a bad air day.
Mar 21, 2012
But in the downwind States and among the general American population, we are in accord with you.
Mar 21, 2012
It is very important to Rhode Island as a downwind State to have clean air for our citizens.
Mar 19, 2012
The baseline for student loans until 2005 was that they were dischargeable in bankruptcy?
Mar 19, 2012
It would be fair to at least put them back in the situation where they were before some lobbyist snuck this into the bill and took away their rights, correct?
Mar 19, 2012
It has been something that witnesses have described to us as very important economically for people to be able to restart.
Mar 19, 2012
When you compare that to other countries where a student can get a college degree, essentially on the government or at a very low cost, it builds a huge burden in for individuals.
Mar 13, 2012
So may your nomination continue to be uneventful, and best wishes as you go forward.
Mar 13, 2012
I was actually an attorney general while your attorney general, Drew Edmondson, was the head of the National Association of Attorneys General, and he thinks very highly of you.
Mar 13, 2012
You must respect the precedent that provides the framework for your decision.
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