The IRS had taken virtually no compliance actions to meaningfully enforce FATCA.
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.
We have seen in my lifetime a collapse in the share of United States revenues that corporations contribute down to 6 percent.
Most Americans understand that paying taxes is not just a legal obligation, it's also a duty to their communities and to their country.
There's a very direct conflict of interest if he can help get rid of the case, he can protect his wife from the scrutiny of having her actions be evidence for the prosecution.
The IRS estimates tax cheats cost the U.S. at least $688 billion in 2021 alone.
We are not anti-midwifery, and I urge that we oppose the Senator's amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion is not agreed to. The motion was rejected. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from…
for the first time in American history, a gentleman of Muslim faith has been nominated to serve on a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. What could and should have been a moment of pride has been stained by the nominee, Adeel Mangi, having…
the actual text of the application for this earmark says it is to develop a nationally accredited in-hospital birth center, a midwifery unit; to provide healthy birthing individuals the choice to give birth in protected, dedicated space…
the Senate will soon consider H.R. 2882, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024. The legislation contains funding eligible for allocation adjustments including appropriations designated as emergency funding. Today, I am…
I am here for what is No. 30 in my series of ``Scheme'' speeches, about the scheme to capture the Supreme Court. And I thought this would be a good time to give sort of a quick overview of where we have been since most of my speeches have…
We offer warnings, Republicans mock the warnings, and then the news proves the warnings true.
There is something quite painful about going back to a place you have loved and finding it changed for the worse.
There is something quite painful about going back to a place you have loved and finding it changed for the worse.
The fact that the climate emergency is one that Republicans and fossil fuel polluters would prefer not to talk about doesn't make it any less real.
We offer warnings, Republicans mock the warnings, and then the news proves the warnings true.
The fact that the climate emergency is one that Republicans and fossil fuel polluters would prefer not to talk about doesn't make it any less real.
We held a hearing warning about wildfire risk and this month the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas, the state's largest fire ever, burned more than 1.2 million acres.
The fact that the climate emergency is one that Republicans and fossil fuel polluters would prefer not to talk about doesn't make it any less real.
We held a hearing warning about sea level rise and storm impact on property values driven by uninsurability and we are witnessing the property insurance market circling the drain in Florida.
There is something quite painful about going back to a place you have loved and finding it changed for the worse.
we are about to vote on final passage to confirm President Biden's nominee to the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island, Melissa DuBose, and I would like to say a few words about her. My senior Senator, Jack Reed, will be following me…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Markey). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Rhode Island.
If that's true, the only other way to ensure long-term solvency is making the wealthy chip in more.





