Trump promised his tax law would put America first and bring jobs and investment back home.
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.
underreporting is bigger and worse higher up the income scale than it is for people who are ordinary wage earners
the likelihood is about the same [for being audited] due to dramatic budget cuts
the way that the dark economy enterprises support international criminal cartels, support kleptocrats, support enemies of our country
there is significant danger among the wealthy that involves such sophisticated schemes
underreporting is rampant in our tax system and that there is abundant revenue that could be collected from simple enforcement measures
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…
What do the New Age robber barons do with that money, the 1 percent billionaires?
I want a review of a number of those decisions by the Trump Justice Department.
the FBI stonewall of all questions related to this episode provides little reassurance of its propriety.
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.
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.
Nearly a quarter of Rhode Island's nursing homes reported shortages of nurses and nursing aides during the pandemic.
Nationwide, as Senator Crapo pointed out, there have been more than 174,000 nursing home residents and caretakers who have died.
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…
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…
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.
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.
Enormously. Enormously. It would do two things. First of all, it makes government money a thing of the past for contributions over $10,000.
We are now trying to rebuild. But I think a lot of things got burned in those years.
I will just say another kind word about direct air capture, which I think is a great opportunity for us.
I have been in the way that the natural gas industry conducted itself recently with regard to methane leakage.





