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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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Mar 24, 2021

Trump promised his tax law would put America first and bring jobs and investment back home.

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Mar 24, 2021

underreporting is bigger and worse higher up the income scale than it is for people who are ordinary wage earners

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Mar 24, 2021

the likelihood is about the same [for being audited] due to dramatic budget cuts

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Mar 24, 2021

It is ideal to apply GILTI on a country-by-country basis.

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Mar 24, 2021

the way that the dark economy enterprises support international criminal cartels, support kleptocrats, support enemies of our country

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Mar 24, 2021

there is significant danger among the wealthy that involves such sophisticated schemes

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Mar 24, 2021

underreporting is rampant in our tax system and that there is abundant revenue that could be collected from simple enforcement measures

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Mar 23, 2021

I pick up where Senator Van Hollen left off because, when he was fighting for the DISCLOSE Act in the House, I was the manager of that bill on the floor here in the Senate. It would do something very simple. If you are spending more than…

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Mar 16, 2021

What do the New Age robber barons do with that money, the 1 percent billionaires?

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Mar 16, 2021

I want a review of a number of those decisions by the Trump Justice Department.

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Mar 16, 2021

you`re not supposed to indict a sitting president.

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Mar 16, 2021

the FBI stonewall of all questions related to this episode provides little reassurance of its propriety.

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Mar 16, 2021

I would like you to provide answers about what went wrong in the Brett Kavanaugh investigation that I believe was a fake investigation and not a real one, conducted and then covered up by the FBI.

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Mar 16, 2021

the FBI conducted a fake investigation rather than a sincere, thorough, and professional one, that merits congressional oversight to understand how, why, and at whose behest and with whose knowledge or connivance this was done.

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Mar 16, 2021

Nearly a quarter of Rhode Island's nursing homes reported shortages of nurses and nursing aides during the pandemic.

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Mar 16, 2021

Nationwide, as Senator Crapo pointed out, there have been more than 174,000 nursing home residents and caretakers who have died.

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Mar 16, 2021

Rhode Island lost more than 1,000 nursing home residents to COVID.

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Mar 15, 2021

I am here to say a few words on behalf of Deb Haaland to be Secretary of the Interior. There is something wonderfully beautiful and symmetrical about her appointment to this position because of the Department of the Interior's role…

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Mar 15, 2021

I have a request for one committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

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Mar 11, 2021

Courtrooms ought to be open places where you know who is present, not a place where powerful players can come masked behind front groups hiding both their own identity and their interconnections.

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Mar 11, 2021

If we don`t show the American people what this dark money operation is and try to dig at who`s behind it, then we`re doing a real disservice to the American people.

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Mar 11, 2021

Enormously. Enormously. It would do two things. First of all, it makes government money a thing of the past for contributions over $10,000.

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Mar 9, 2021

We are now trying to rebuild. But I think a lot of things got burned in those years.

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Mar 9, 2021

I will just say another kind word about direct air capture, which I think is a great opportunity for us.

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Mar 9, 2021

I have been in the way that the natural gas industry conducted itself recently with regard to methane leakage.

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