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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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Jun 22, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 690, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S…

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Jun 22, 2022

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of the distinguished Senator Peters. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

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Jun 22, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 103, S. 671. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 671) to require…

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Jun 22, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Appropriations be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4346 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title…

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Jun 22, 2022

I have 12 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a) of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

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Jun 22, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 385, S. 3510. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3510) to require…

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Jun 22, 2022

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 with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

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Jun 22, 2022

I rise now for the 284th time with my increasingly tattered and battered ``Time to Wake up'' poster to urge this Chamber to wake up on the issue of climate change. Human beings dumped 36.3 billion tons of greenhouse gases into the…

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Jun 22, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to; that the preamble be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

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Jun 22, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Hagerty-Warner substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and…

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Jun 22, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The…

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Jun 22, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 1031, Vinay Vijay Singh, of Pennsylvania, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development; that the Senate vote on the…

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Jun 22, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Thursday, June 23, and that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

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Jun 22, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 689, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S…

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Jun 21, 2022

The fact that financial regulators are paying attention to this shows nothing more than that they are paying attention.

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Jun 21, 2022

We are looking at actual projections supported by Federal and State government that are unrebutted that we are going to have multiple feet of sea level rise along our shores.

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Jun 21, 2022

To pretend that it doesn't have something to do with burning fossil fuels is just simply fictional, magical thinking.

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Jun 21, 2022

Every major central bank has sent out financial warnings about what climate change is going to do.

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Jun 21, 2022

If you look at America's energy sector, the Biden administration is working very hard to grow as fast as we can the renewable energy that we need for the future, because climate change is an actual thing, and the transition has to actually…

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Jun 21, 2022

Facts have proven his testimony in this room all those years ago extremely, extremely accurate.

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Jun 15, 2022

We don`t allow people under 21 to buy beer. So why do they need to buy firearms and ammunition? That`s a little hard to explain, particularly in the wake of what we`ve seen recently. And for the life of me, I can`t imagine, as a gun owner…

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Jun 15, 2022

That would be a stunningly obvious and proper thing for him to do. The fact that it has not happened casts an additional cloud over the court.

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Jun 14, 2022

Senator Whitehouse, of course, as well, but I think the intention was to object to the measure. I see that my friend Senator Barrasso has joined us. I had mentioned zettajoules. I want to add one other figure. This is from a report by the…

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Jun 14, 2022

reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.

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Jun 14, 2022

I have been listening with interest to my two distinguished colleagues discuss this measure, referring to it repeatedly as ``governing American energy.'' But, of course, what it really governs is fossil fuel energy. That is the intention…

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