Sheldon Whitehouse

And it is true that it also includes funding that is required to be used on emissions reductions and resilience?

If other States were having to look at having to redraw their boundaries because of a problem, they would expect some sympathy and consideration from colleagues.

And it is also true that it requires all States to develop a strategy to reduce emissions from the transportation sector, correct?

All families and young people deserve the security of having a safe place to call home.

I have been a vigorous advocate for health care delivery system reform for quite some time.

This work, to me, is a big deal as Medicare closes in on insolvency.

My confidence in delivery system reform has been rewarded by results.

My worry here is that it is going to cost a little bit more and take a little bit more trouble and effort to deal with repurposed fuel than it is to simply start new.

I think that danger here is that the economics get misaligned.

I hope we can continue to focus on that and make sure we don't set up an economic system in which we inadvertently steer people away from solving that problem instead of toward solving that problem.

What more could we be doing to make sure that this technology that we are encouraging doesn't lose its focus on that aspect of the problem set we are dealing with...

They can run on spent nuclear fuel.

Our current climate goal of net zero by 2050 may or may not be adequate. But whether it is adequate or not, we are not going to get there without nuclear energy.

I support the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in establishing a regulatory framework for advanced reactors by engaging with stakeholders to create a usable and workable final rule.

Is nuclear power a potential source for what we would call green hydrogen?

It`s interesting, though, now he`s packed a six to three court. And it`s not clear to me that what Mitch McConnell wants is a lot of controversy and attention around the court.

They not only have zero success, they got clobbered, laughed out of court, and in some cases, lost law licenses and were sanctioned for their behavior, so it`s about as bad as it gets.

I think he`s right. And I think he`s trying to create some distance between himself and Trump. Mitch tends to play the long game. And I don`t think he wants to bind himself to Trump in such a way that when, as, and if Trump collapses…

If we can get ahead of the climate problem we will save hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars.

I just want to flag that for you, because we will be pursuing this to make sure that all of the work that we have done in Rhode Island does not come to naught at the hands of the Federal Government.

So far, it has been a very large array of trespassing and glorified trespassing prosecutions of people who actually broke into the building. But it has not gone into the various rings that might have supported it or into the key fund…

We are going to have to have a bit of a conversation about why 97.7 percent goes to inland and about 2.3 percent goes to coastal of that $1.72 billion.

Of your $1.72 billion, 97.7 percent will go inland. You do understand that part of the coastal damage that you are referring to, part of the climate risk that you referred to, is sea levels rising, worse coastal storms, and resulting…

We can no longer go in an indefinite mode of waiting to find what will please our recalcitrant senators. At some point, when people are negotiating things, they need to put forward their position, something that they actually will agree to.

So far, it has been a very large array of trespassing and glorified trespassing prosecutions of people actually broke into the building. But it has not gone into the various rings that might have supported that or into the key fund-raisers…