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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.
Well, let`s start with the ag bill which we went to the press conference day before yesterday, I want to say. It has 20, Republican co-sponsors. And it will instruct the Department of Agriculture to build a verifiable carbon offset so that…
I have been working on this now for 8 years, and every time we get close, there is an administration change or a personnel change or something, and it is imperative to get a CMMI waiver to make this happen.
A lot of people, including our people in our national security establishment, have said that the biggest issues to America actually are the debt and deficits, and they go on to say that it appears that the biggest part in our debt and…
I come into this boiling with frustration because of 8 years of work--and it always falls off the ledge because of a change in the executive branch. And I am going to get this done.
We have trillions of dollars in debt. Now, 2024 is the first insolvency date for Medicare.
The economic risks that we are talking about are many. They are profound. They are deeply dangerous.
What the fossil fuel industry has done in our politics makes me think of Winston Churchill's phrase many years ago of committing a crime that has no name.
I think that as we address this issue, and we address it from an equity point of view, it is going to be important, looking at whatever kind of a highway funding program we put in to make sure that this is not being used as a mechanism to…
This may be something that, given the bipartisan support and interest in this committee in getting this shell corporation problem solved, should perhaps be done as a committee-wide briefing
The last topic is that Congress, on a bipartisan basis--much thanks to the leadership of Senator Crapo...
I think this referral policy is a mutually agreeable situation between DOJ and IRS where powerful special interests get to get away with things.
Trump promised his tax law would put America first and bring jobs and investment back home.
Underreporting is rampant in our tax system and that there is abundant revenue that could be collected from simple enforcement measures
Underreporting is bigger and worse higher up the income scale than it is for people who are ordinary wage earners
There is significant danger among the wealthy that involves such sophisticated schemes
The way that the dark economy enterprises support international criminal cartels, support kleptocrats, support enemies of our country
The likelihood is about the same [for being audited] due to dramatic budget cuts
Nearly a quarter of Rhode Island's nursing homes reported shortages of nurses and nursing aides during the pandemic.
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