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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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May 12, 2022

The oligarchs working with and for Vladimir Putin have stolen almost all of the wealth of Russia. These are extremely wealthy individuals. If you can afford a $500 million yacht, you have got money to burn. And that is not your only…

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May 12, 2022

I can, indeed, Senator Graham. I can, indeed. And I thank him for his persistent effort on this, and I thank our colleagues in the House who have been very persistent on this, none more than Congressman Malinowski of New Jersey.

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May 10, 2022

Let's do remember that there is no American energy security in oil and gas.

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May 10, 2022

yes, to helping Europe disconnect from Russian fossil fuels.

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May 10, 2022

That is the right thing to do. Thank you.

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May 10, 2022

I am here for the 14th time to keep unmasking the scheme to control our Supreme Court--a scheme that is now poised to destroy a woman's right to make her own reproductive health choices and to smash foundational Supreme Court precedent to…

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May 9, 2022

So, what they did -- Leonard Leo was an operative of the Federalist Society. And what they did was, they set up within the Federalist Society the selection process for at least the last three Supreme Court justices.

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May 9, 2022

They had failed and failed and failed again in the democratic parts of the government. They had just been blown out. They hadn’t been able to accomplish the extreme things they wanted.

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May 9, 2022

Brett Kavanaugh was not properly vetted, and we pretty well know it.

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May 9, 2022

everything about the supplemental B.I. into Dr. Christine Blasey Ford`s allegations was tanked by the FBI, which takes political pressure at the highest levels.

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May 9, 2022

And to try to paper that over is really wrong.

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May 4, 2022

if we want friends overseas and if we want a robust world economy, it is important that America plays fair with the rest of the world on climate. Participating in the international climate fund, participating in the Paris accord and the…

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May 4, 2022

this is the second shot that has been taken this afternoon at the international climate fund by our friends on the other side. America is a great and powerful nation, and it is usually good for great and powerful nations not to be a jerk…

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May 3, 2022

Yes, that`s really become performance theater. And it`s getting a little bit sickening because they all come in and they all say the same solemn statements about how much they care about precedent and how serious they are about stare…

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May 3, 2022

I have been a fairly persistent inquirer about the Army Corps so called Coastal and Inland Flooding Account.

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May 3, 2022

this is my 283rd travel to the Senate floor to ask that we wake up to the threat of climate change--an issue that demands, right now, American leadership. Over the recent recess, I traveled to parts of the world where climate catastrophe…

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May 3, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak prior to the scheduled vote: I for up to 15 minutes, Senator Murray for up to 5 minutes, Senator Thune for up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

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May 3, 2022

I think people around the country are justifiably, extremely upset and frightened by what this court has done.

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May 3, 2022

The Supreme Court justices are the only federal judges in the entire system who are not subject to the code of ethics. They hold themselves above it and they believe that each can be judged in his or her own cause of their own ethics.

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Apr 26, 2022

The Supreme Court is not well. And the people know it.

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Apr 6, 2022

I think they put a lot of work into it. It is a very, very good bill. I am an enthusiastic supporter of it.

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Apr 6, 2022

I rise again, with my increasingly battered poster, to call on this body and in particular on corporate America to wake up to the threat of climate change. Just this week, the IPCC report came out saying that we are now at the do-or-die…

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Apr 6, 2022

I think the notion that we are going to leave to our children an ocean that has by mass more waste plastic in it than it has living fish is something that ought to drive us to fairly diligent action.

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Apr 4, 2022

Let`s not pretend about a judicial philosophy is a mutual thing. It is a tool, and when a judge says here she has one, it`s worth looking into. But that doesn`t mean you have to have one.

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Apr 4, 2022

we have a really stunning problem of corporate political power in this country

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