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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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Mar 28, 2023

Since Citizens United, we have made really no bipartisan progress on any significant piece of climate legislation.

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Mar 28, 2023

It seems to me that it's fairly elementary economics that the negative externalities of a product ought to be included in the price of the product.

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Mar 28, 2023

So a good Good Neighbor Rule will pay huge dividends.

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Mar 28, 2023

I see the malevolent force of the fossil fuel industry through its politics and through its dark money everywhere.

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Mar 28, 2023

Like public health? Like people not dying of cigarette-caused cancer?

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Mar 28, 2023

One of the things that I find very tiresome is how the State of Rhode Island has difficulty defending itself against out of State pollution.

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Mar 27, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution…

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Mar 27, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged, and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 123. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution…

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Mar 27, 2023

finally, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings…

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Mar 27, 2023

I am here this evening to commemorate the passing of a remarkable individual. I only met her once when I went over to speak at a gathering of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. But on March 16, at the age of 85, Her…

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Mar 27, 2023

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of Senators Cassidy, Rubio, Sullivan, and Brown. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator…

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Mar 23, 2023

I worry in this context that the steel-aluminum arrangement that you are working on gets proposed as an alternative and is used as a stick.

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Mar 23, 2023

I hope very much that that will be seen as a welcome step by the administration and one that we can try to meet and match.

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Mar 23, 2023

I worry in this context that the steel-aluminum arrangement that you are working on gets proposed as an alternative and is used as a stick.

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Mar 23, 2023

I hope very much that that will be seen as a welcome step by the administration and one that we can try to meet and match.

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Mar 22, 2023

It can endanger entire communities and create a downward spiral that's difficult to emerge from.

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Mar 22, 2023

I urge you to support a completely broad, across the government, multi-agency, not just you and a DOJ task force to respond.

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Mar 22, 2023

No, no, no, no. Okay. Do any of you doubt that unusual risk is being caused by emissions from fossil fuel combustion? No, no, no, no, everybody accepts that that correlation exists, okay.

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Mar 22, 2023

Let's not pretend that economic shocks don't affect the budget.

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Mar 22, 2023

I have had enough Groundhog Days.

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Mar 22, 2023

There is no chance in the world that the aluminum and steel arrangement will create anything like the emissions reductions of a proper carbon border tariff.

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Mar 22, 2023

I can remember when the plan for dealing with pollutants coming out of power plants was to raise the smokestacks higher.

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Mar 22, 2023

It can endanger entire communities and create a downward spiral that's difficult to emerge from.

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Mar 22, 2023

You're bounded by the fiduciary duty to be truthful and accurate, and operate on the best information you can find.

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Mar 22, 2023

Let's not pretend that economic shocks don't affect the budget.

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