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.
I am confident that the reassertion of science will bring about the policy reforms necessary for the Environmental Protection Agency to get back to the work of protecting the environment.
The task force has, in the Federal Register, filed a notice requesting public comments on the President's memorandum and its six guiding principles.
How do we write a policy or pursue a standard of oversight that allows for some degree of management of the function of employees in talking to the media?
I think as you said, there is the risk that if industry itself won't stand up to these abusive practices and distinguish its science from them, that they will then suffer some of that taint, which I think is unnecessary.
I think you and I share the belief that the better we remember this, the less likely it is to be repeated.
Under the previous Administration, as this Committee witnessed, EPA's integrity was compromised.





