Sheldon Whitehouse

It seems incongruous that with the level of effort that you have dedicated to this... I could probably leave this hearing and go to my computer and within a very few clicks, use Google to get to an illegal Website.

I mean, I really do think that you could take Willie Sutton, Bonnie and Clyde, and the James Gang and add them all up together and they are penny ante.

I would hazard that we are 'the' global target for theft, not 'a' global target for theft.

First of all, Mr. President, let me thank the distinguished assistant majority leader for his continuing work on this issue. It protects small businesses and consumers from gouging by the credit card companies and the monolithic monopoly…

I think that we are way to the side of secrecy to the point where the secrecy is actually damaging our national security now rather than protecting it.

You do not necessarily have to give up the name of the bank for the public to know that X gazillion dollars were stolen from an American bank by cyber criminals in this period.

I think that when a lawyer is before a court, the standard that they are held to has a couple of safeguards.

I think that is wrong.

I think there is a role for the Department of Justice in protecting the Government of the United States against regulatory capture.

I watched with real horror and dismay as the events in the Department of Justice under the Gonzales Attorney Generalship unfolded.

I have come to the strong belief that he wants to work on these issues in completely good faith.

We need to support Senator Menendez's legislation to lift the cap on Oil Pollution Act liability.

We do so at our peril very soon that if we don't take better care of them, the cost will be high.

I strongly suspect that MMS had long since been captured by the oil industry and that it had ceased to serve the public interest.

It is reasonable to assume that corporations act in a way to maximize their own economic self-interest.

But generally... you would create with your policy a one-way ratchet that worked only in favor of the corporations and not in favor of the Government when Congress changed the terms of a contract.

Something has to change.

Congress must do whatever it can to prevent another family from having to hear that their loved one has perished on an oil rig.

Meaningful civil and criminal fines and damages are one crucial tool for ensuring that a corporation takes proper precautions to avoid tragic errors.

And I would like to hear your reactions to those two thoughts about Section 4.

It strikes me that the sunset provision accomplishes two things: one, it enables us to have a trial period...

I think it is a promising area and one certainly that merits our inquiry and exploration.

This amendment would ask the Securities and Exchange Commission to set standards for independence for compensation consultants, so that when, consistent with this legislation, the compensation committee of a board has to evaluate which…

I am very proud of that support and very proud of the support of over 200 consumer groups for this legislation, including AARP, Consumers Union, National Consumer Law Center, Public Citizen, and Common Cause. That is a blue ribbon group of…

It is hard for me to see that that is a determination that could have been made in good faith back then.