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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.
I ask unanimous consent that Greg Pollock, who is serving as a legislative fellow for national security issues this year for Senator Reid, be granted floor privileges for the duration of 2015. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…
I applaud Chairman Grassley for his efforts to improve oversight over Federal dollars.
I have seen it in my home State of Rhode Island, in which we address some of the issues related to incarceration.
I hope that part of this review will not just include what happened in Wisconsin or what happened in Virginia...
I am very pleased and also very proud to follow the senior Senator and my colleague and to join Senator Reed in congratulating our Providence College men's ice hockey team on winning its first-ever national championship. The Friars edged…
It is long past time to update the law governing the Federal Government's role in reforming juvenile justice.
I am pretty concerned that that first letter got out and I would be interested in your opinion on why it is that adequate inquiries were not made...
We did a very significant piece of legislation in a hotly contested issue area that cleared the Committee 22-0.
I am on the Health Committee with him and I think we made really good progress in that area.
I really applaud Chairman Grassley's efforts to improve the juvenile justice system when it fails the children that it is supposed to serve.
I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
the distinguished majority leader, the senior Senator from Kentucky, is resolutely opposed to any serious conversation about climate change. Under his leadership, the Republican Party in the Senate has exactly zero legislation for…
The Supreme Court specifically left the disclosure of these sources of these secret contributions to Congress. So the Supreme Court actually has given us this job. I urge that we take it up.
the premise of this is that climate change is not real and not urgent, which puts that side of the aisle at odds with NASA, the Department of Defense, every major American scientific society, corporate leaders in their home States, and…
the ranking member of the Budget Committee is not on the floor, so let me take this opportunity on behalf of the Democratic members of the Budget Committee to express my appreciation to our chairman. We obviously disagree on the substance…
this amendment would establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund that would make it more difficult for corporations and billionaires to secretly influence our elections through secret contributions and also to prevent such entities from…
how much time is remaining on our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 13 seconds.
just to get things in order here, I ask unanimous consent that first Senator Paul be recognized to call up an amendment and then after that, that Senator Wyden be recognized to call up an amendment and for 3 minutes; that Senator Coons be…
I ask unanimous consent that I be added as a cosponsor to Senator Warren's amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I so modify my request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there an objection to the request, as modified?
Rhode Island is the very proud location of some of the best universities in the country. We have very high university density in our small State. We have everything from Brown University in Providence, to our wonderful State universities…
Just a clarification. As I understand it, the order I asked will be the order on the Democratic side. There will be an interspersing of Republicans as they come to the floor, but everybody is going to be kept to 2 or 3 minutes rather than…
I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside; further, that three amendments be called up en bloc. They are amendments Nos. 700, 867, and 895. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendments…
I thank the Senator from Vermont. I wish to add my support to our ranking member's remarks. At present, somebody making $110 million a year--and there are people who make $110 million a year in this country--will make the same contribution…
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