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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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Jan 24, 2024

When it's free to pollute, polluters will pollute.

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Jan 23, 2024

When it's free to pollute, polluters will pollute.

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Jan 23, 2024

I do extend my sympathies to Florida on what is going on down there in the insurance markets, which seem to be very distressed

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Jan 23, 2024

we actually are in a position to put very strong encouragements on China and India and other heavily carbon-intensive polluting countries.

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Jan 23, 2024

Thank you. Let me thank so many colleagues for attending. Let me thank the witnesses for a truly, I think, useful and important hearing.

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Jan 17, 2024

that small firms that don't have the advantage of having these subsidiaries offshore have to pay the full statutory rate.

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Jan 17, 2024

that kind of mischief ought to have no place in our tax code.

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Jan 17, 2024

we ought to be able to get rid of that nonsense.

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Jan 17, 2024

it's also unfair because it builds a bias in favoring big companies.

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Jan 17, 2024

that small firms that don't have the advantage of having these subsidiaries offshore have to pay the full statutory rate.

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Jan 17, 2024

It's only five stories high, only a couple of windows wide, clearly as Kent would say, the business was being done in Ugland House was monkey business, rather than real business.

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Jan 17, 2024

My sincere hope is that every Senator here understands the significant incentives multinationals have over domestic companies by paying half the corporate rate on their overseas profits.

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