Sheldon Whitehouse

It was essentially a kind of apologia, MAGA apology authored by Chuck Grassley

He`s the person of interest, he`s the -- he`s the central person in this saga. And at some point, in the committee before a grand jury someplace, his testimony is going to be obtained.

I would ask you to please review that letter, and it would be helpful if you could send me an updated reply as to where you all are with respect to the various proposals to you that the States have made.

I, too, like Senator Cramer, want to raise the issue of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule while we are here.

I just want to implore EPA to see the States as partners and work with them and to accept their leadership.

We need to provide that fairness and that revenue to the adjoining states.

I am delighted to be recommending this legislation developed with your member and my friend, Senator Cassidy.

Jeff Clark and Trump had done, the committee that referred Jeff Clark to the bar association for potential disciplinary action.

He`s the central person in this saga, and at some point, his testimony is going to be obtained.

This is an attempted coup d`etat within the Department of Justice against the attorney general.

I think there’s three really key takeaways from. This first it’s a very simple one, and that’s how deeply, personally involved, President Trump, was in all of this -- meetings, in phone calls, and contacts, Oval Office, he was neck deep in…

I think their play was make Mitch take us as close to a debt limit crisis as we can to see if the democrats fold. And when we didn’t, they realize that a global economic meltdown led by a U.S. debt limit crisis was going to blow them up…

I know FEMA ducked because a lot of the reason for the inaccuracy was that they would have to bake in climate change, and there are very powerful forces that want to punish anybody who talks about climate change.

It is annoying as hell to fund FEMA and also have the State of Rhode Island have to pay for its own mapping because FEMA mapping isn't accurate.

This stuff doesn't break down back into natural things. It just lives on as plastic indefinitely.

I hope you will take a second look at this policy.

We have gone through considerable effort to pass what we call beneficial ownership legislation.

To me, that is at least predication for a false-statement case, because both are under oath.

When the Citizens United decision allowed unlimited money, they said it was going to be transparent.

Last, I want to point you at the 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) problem of hidden political dark money.

I think, pretty damn close. I think we`ve got a lot of work to do to figure this out.

As I give the closing remarks, I want to alert everyone listening that, at the conclusion of the closing, Senator Inhofe will hold the floor for his remarks, and his remarks will be regarding our common friend, Senator Enzi…

I frankly am sick of it, and I think we need to have some formal protocol of some kind to make sure that we are being listened to.

Any time the Army Corps is the subject of our attention, I like to point out the studious way in which it seems the Army Corps ignores the priorities and wishes of this Committee.

I repeat, Flood and Coastal Storm Damage Fund, which, for fiscal year 2022, is proposed by the Army Corps to spend $1.7 billion.