Sheldon Whitehouse

Musk's thuggery toward judges is unacceptable in rule-of-law countries.

It’s not just that the buyout won’t be honored; it can’t be honored.

I vote against creepy billionaire influence.

It's unpleasant to be told we're making up lies when we're using his actual words.

Through the Chair, the Senator mentioned the Budget Committee. In the hearings that we have had in the Budget Committee, during which we have discussed tax cuts and their effect on revenues and their ability to pay for themselves, how many…

I think there are some Republican senators who are eager to crawl. I think there are others who are trying to keep their powder dry and stay out of trouble with Trump for as long as they can.

I think the bottom line here is that there is an element of Trump wanting to sort of subjugate Republican senators here.

Look, we should get the House Ethics report. We should get the Department of Justice files, there's precedent for getting the House Ethics report.

Yes, I think it will in time, in order to have an effective intelligence operation protecting Americans, you have to be able to work well with our allies, particularly the legendary Five Eyes, with whom we share enormous amounts of…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:19 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, September 12, 2024, at 10 a.m…

The program's financing gap can be more than fully addressed without cutting benefits.

I am particularly grateful to them with their work.

As most viewers will understand, the Budget Committee has very specific responsibilities related to the actual budget process.

I would just like to ask you if you would be willing to work with me, and I know Senator Wyden is interested in this on the Finance Committee as well, in a general look at how to do cliff smoothing.

These cliffs, I think, are really hard for people that get caught by surprise by them, and they are also, it seems to me, pretty terrible just public policy.

Thank you, Senator Braun, for raising this. I am a co-sponsor of the bill. I appreciate your advocacy for it and your call for further support for it.

I have been pretty candid about my views about our Tax Code. I assert that our Tax Code has been corrupted by special interests.

Keeping Social Security's promises to current and future generations will require that policymakers strengthen the program's revenues.

Reforming Social Security's payroll tax cap could close more than 100 percent of the long-term financing gap.

The program's financing gap can be more than fully addressed without cutting benefits.

I am particularly grateful to them with their work.

As most viewers will understand, the Budget Committee has very specific responsibilities related to the actual budget process.

I would just like to ask you if you would be willing to work with me, and I know Senator Wyden is interested in this on the Finance Committee as well, in a general look at how to do cliff smoothing.

These cliffs, I think, are really hard for people that get caught by surprise by them, and they are also, it seems to me, pretty terrible just public policy.

I thank the Senator for his inquiry and can confirm that H.R. 7032 is not intended to modify the application of section 6103 of the tax code in any way. H.R. 7032 will help the Congressional Budget Office provide more timely cost estimates…