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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 appreciate very, very much the work that you do, and I want you to pass on to Attorney General Holder my congratulations for the dedication that he has brought to this pursuit, particularly as exemplified by the Gameover Zeus takedown…
I will call this hearing of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism to order, and I thank everyone for being here.
I would like to thank you again, Senator Whitehouse, for your support and participation in that launch.
I think you are doing a good job, but there is a cultural divide sometimes between the criminal prosecutors and the civil attorneys for the Government.
I am here for the 73rd ``time to wake up'' speech that I have done to urge my colleagues to wake up to the growing threat of climate change. The changes we are seeing, driven by carbon pollution, are far-reaching--from the coast lines of…
It is an anomaly. It is a historical anomaly that the present-day Republican party finds itself in this position where they will only come to the floor to attack and try to discredit the EPA. The only time they come to talk about the EPA…
I agree with the distinguished Senator from West Virginia that the Department of Energy's advanced fossil projects loan guarantee program has not yet lived up to, at this time, its potential. I will work with him to push the administration…
Efficiency is something we take seriously in Rhode Island as well. In 2013 the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy ranked Rhode Island as the sixth most energy efficient State in the country. The Energy Information…
I agree with my friend from West Virginia that we must address climate change in a way that protects jobs in all sectors and ensures grid stability. Fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas are indeed going to be an important part of…
Senator Manchin and I come from very different parts of the country. We are the Ocean State, he is the Mountain State. We both came here today to say that climate change is real, that human activities, including the burning of fossil…
May I ask the Senator from Maryland to comment on another point. We are having a conversation right here and right now on the floor about a specific EPA regulation. But those of us who are here on the floor a lot and those of us who pay…
Reclaiming the floor, let me say that--first, a little bit of history as to how we got here because I think that bears very much on the Senator's questions. We had quite a clear set of regulations under the Clean Water Act. Most everybody…
I would be pleased to yield for a question, but let me make one point first. I think it is not insignificant that each Senator who spoke against this proposed regulation hails from a landlocked State. Coastal States such as Maryland and…
A woman recants, but you go ahead with the excited utterance and you make the prosecution because of the statistical likelihood of re-offending.
It strikes me that the relationship between the college or university and the local police department is very important.
If the person presents the risk of being a serial offender, there are very good reasons why sometimes the law enforcement process goes forward even with an uncooperative victim.
I have heard from Rhode Island schools that if the local police are involved, they often do not want a school conducting a parallel investigation because they prefer to keep certain facts confidential for a period of time.
I have come here every week now for 72 consecutive weeks that the Senate has been in session to urge colleagues to wake up to the growing threat of climate change. Today I have the pleasure and honor of being joined by my friend and…
I ask unanimous consent that Senator Manchin have such time as he needs to conclude his colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I was a U.S. Attorney. I was an Attorney General. I come at this from a little bit of a different perspective, and it's a little bit alarming to hear how much completely untrained, completely inexperienced, completely unauthorized people…
I come to the floor to make an objection, if necessary, to an effort to submarine the President's climate change initiative, which two-thirds of all Americans support and which a huge number of major name-brand American corporations…
National defense leaders have sounded the alarm that climate change is a serious national security threat.
We cannot risk our kids' futures on the false hope that the vast majority of scientists are wrong.
The real and clear issue with regard to climate change is that it is a threat we have to take seriously as a Nation.
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