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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.

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Apr 26, 2023

You claim that renewable energy is always expensive.

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Apr 26, 2023

The things I can control or the things that the United States can control are its emissions.

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Apr 26, 2023

And to quote you the cause of climate change is rising energy consumption using fossil fuels; correct?

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Apr 26, 2023

And around here, there's an entire political party dedicated to protecting them as they pollute for free.

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Apr 26, 2023

If you care about deficits or economic growth, you have to care about climate change and its costs and risks.

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Apr 26, 2023

They have completely lost their grip on reality, and are so subservient to fossil fuel overlords that they're willing to eliminate hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs.

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Apr 26, 2023

It looked like the rights of women were being deliberately removed from the equation by the Justices of the Supreme Court.

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Apr 26, 2023

The things I can control or the things that the United States can control are its emissions.

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Apr 26, 2023

You claim that renewable energy is always expensive.

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Apr 26, 2023

And to quote you the cause of climate change is rising energy consumption using fossil fuels; correct?

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Apr 26, 2023

And around here, there's an entire political party dedicated to protecting them as they pollute for free.

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Apr 26, 2023

They have completely lost their grip on reality, and are so subservient to fossil fuel overlords that they're willing to eliminate hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs.

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Apr 26, 2023

If you care about deficits or economic growth, you have to care about climate change and its costs and risks.

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Apr 26, 2023

I think it's a very unfortunate episode in the Supreme Court's history.

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Apr 26, 2023

Roe v. Wade is an important precedent of the Supreme Court. It was decided in 1973.

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Apr 26, 2023

It looked like the rights of women were being deliberately removed from the equation by the Justices of the Supreme Court.

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Apr 25, 2023

It's pretty basic economics that negative externalities belong in the price, and therefore are a subsidy.

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Apr 25, 2023

And to quote you the cause of climate change is rising energy consumption using fossil fuels; correct?

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Apr 25, 2023

The things I can control or the things that the United States can control are its emissions.

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Apr 25, 2023

And around here, there's an entire political party dedicated to protecting them as they pollute for free.

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Apr 25, 2023

You claim that renewable energy is always expensive.

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Apr 25, 2023

If you care about deficits or economic growth, you have to care about climate change and its costs and risks.

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Apr 25, 2023

They have completely lost their grip on reality, and are so subservient to fossil fuel overlords that they're willing to eliminate hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs.

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Apr 25, 2023

It looked like the rights of women were being deliberately removed from the equation by the Justices of the Supreme Court.

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Apr 25, 2023

I think this is another evidence-free effort to try to interfere with [energy] competition for their fossil fuel overlords.

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