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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.
I am so grateful to join my colleague today, Senator Warren, to discuss the financial and economic risks that are posed by climate change. You have just heard the Senator from my neighboring State of Massachusetts lay out a powerful case…
Rising sea levels and spreading flood plains appear likely to destroy billions of dollars in property and to displace millions of people.
Specifically with respect to the U.S., there are models suggesting that should this happen, the U.S. would see a greater than 5-percent decline in GDP and millions of lost jobs.
it is terrific to be joined here today by my colleague from Oregon, Senator Wyden, to address some of the devastating effects of a changing global climate from the shores of Rhode Island and our beautiful Narragansett Bay to the forests of…
because the time between now and 11:30 is to be shared between me and the ranking member on the Finance Committee, Senator Wyden, I ask unanimous consent that when Senator Wyden appears, I yield the floor to him; that at the conclusion of…
the big oil companies--particularly Exxon, Shell, BP, and Chevron--want us to believe they have turned over a new leaf, that they are finally in favor of climate action. All four of them claimed to support the Paris Agreement, and Exxon…
I thank Senator Wyden. Mr. President, it is great to be here to have a birthday party to celebrate Medicare and Medicaid, which are the kinds of huge successes for a nation that don't happen very often, but they sure did happen in America…
I wanted to follow up with Administrator Wheeler on something that he said in response to a question to another Senator, and it had to do, Mr. Wheeler, with not picking winners and losers in the energy industry, and that you would treat…
My concern is that this data was before the big tax bill which many of us view as a huge handout to those very high-income shareholders.
We seem to have a very serious problem of the highest-income earners paying considerably lower tax rates than many people who earn a tenth or even a hundredth of their income, which does not seem fair or efficient.
If you are confirmed, will you pledge to me that you will let me know what the number of those referrals has been in recent years and explain any policy related to those referrals?
I am here for the now 214th time to urge that we wake up to the effects of carbon pollution on the Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. One obstacle to action on the threat that we face from climate change, however, is the manufactured…
Senator King and I yield the floor. First, let me thank him for joining us. Second, with Senators present here from landlocked States, let me make the requests to both of you that, when we come before this body with concerns about what is…
we have to fix this. To use the black sea bass example, the species is comanaged by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Rhode Island only has a seat on the Atlantic States…
I am grateful today to be joined by Senator King, from the great State of Maine, to speak about the troubling changes that we are seeing in the oceans and how climate change is reshaping our States' fisheries. The Food and Agriculture…
I wish to join my distinguished colleague from Connecticut in commenting on the qualifications and prospects of these two nominees whom we are facing now on the Senate floor. I thank him for his comments. I would like to take my time to…
to follow up on the remarks of our distinguished Democratic ranking member on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Carper, who spoke about the environmental prospects of Trump's nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, should he reach the…
They would either be giving up the one defense they have to make sure that the seats on the court that are allocated to their State are in fact filled with judges from their State, or they would be suggesting that there should be two…
That is absolutely correct. There is not a law that assigns within the Ninth Circuit which judges will be treated as Oregon judges and which judges will be treated as California judges. Within Rhode Island, we are part of the First Circuit…
It would mean that the Senators from that State would have no defense against that change. It would mean that the next Democratic President could appoint Rhode Islanders to Texas. It would mean that the next Republican President could…
I spoke before the Fourth of July recess about two financial risks that are coming our way thanks to not getting anything done on climate change. One, of course, is the risk to coastal properties--not something the Presiding Officer has to…
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