Sheldon Whitehouse

Independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption.

What is interesting, though, is that it threw out 96 years of precedent, and it did so 5-4.

So it concerns me that it is there, and I would hope that if you get to the Court you are more restrained in terms of making findings of fact at the Supreme Court level.

Should there be any desire or motivation on the part of that group of five to reach their scope a little bit more broadly?

Heller changed the law, creating for the first time in 220 years a private right to bear arms.

Your nomination to the Supreme Court has to be among the least surprising ever made.

I join my colleagues in condolence on this day of sorrow for the Senate and the Supreme Court alike.

You are the Solicitor General of the United States, the lawyer for the United States before the Supreme Court.

And since it would be inappropriate, the worst possible thing, is it likely that such a judge would disclose that agenda or motivation, would make it a part of a written opinion, would admit it?

I think the window onto Elena Kagan that America is getting in these hearings is one of a very bright, very good-humored, very well-intentioned, and very able future Supreme Court justice.

So if a judge or judges had a particular agenda or motivation, say to serve the interests and reflect the values of a particular political party, that would be inappropriate?

But for those of us who have been witness here to lengthy discussions about the importance of precedent and the danger of judicial activism...

USGBC commends Senator Whitehouse for his leadership in introduction of S. 1379, or EEHA.

One of the hallmarks of Sen. Whitehouse's bill is that it would provide new Federal resources for green housing.

We commend Senator Whitehouse for his commitment and leadership in introducing the bill, which Enterprise enthusiastically supports.

I hope the bill introduced by Senator Whitehouse will be part of the conversation going forward on comprehensive energy reform.

Our challenge as legislators is to devise programs to inform consumers and jumpstart the green housing economy.

We commend Senator Whitehouse as the primary sponsor of the Energy Efficiency in Housing Act.

The Energy Efficiency in Housing Act will be a tremendous help to both homeowners and small businesses.

I would like to thank him for all his work and expertise on these matters.

I hope that this hearing will make clear that energy-efficient housing connects tackling climate change and reducing our dependence on foreign fossil fuels to cutting Government outlays and trimming household budgets.

Now is the time for Federal leadership on green housing.

I want to particularly thank my friend Representative Ed Perlmutter for leading the way on this crucial topic.

The reason that I am asking this question is because from my point of view, it very much appears that this is an issue that average Americans do not appreciate, because the information is not out there about how significant it is.

I want to join all of my colleagues in applauding your leadership on this issue and emphasizing how important this is, as Senator Coburn has just said, to our economy.