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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.
we are more aware than ever of the accelerating pace of climate change and of the serious threat that rising seas, higher temperatures, and changing weather poses. I suppose I don't need to lecture the Presiding Officer from Florida on the…
I specifically refer to my legislation with Senator Crapo which has passed the Senate...
Its plan would add between 150 and 800 megawatts of large-scale solar by 2023, for instance, and between 3,150 and 3,800 megawatts of large-scale solar by 2033.
I am in favor of clean air and clean water, so I think steps should be taken...
The renewable energy industry has hit 3.3 million jobs, more than all fossil fuel jobs combined.
As the Nation's largest public utility, the TVA is uniquely positioned to lead the development of clean, reliable, American energy.
let me thank the Senator from Wisconsin. Like Wisconsin, Rhode Island has a one-word motto as well. Hers is ``Forward.'' Ours is ``Hope.'' Together, they point in the right direction. Americans are dissatisfied. Opinion surveys tell us…
No. I intend to give my remarks, but I appreciate the Senator's intervention. Before the Citizens United decision was delivered up by the five Republican appointees on the Supreme Court--a decision, by the way, that deserves a place on the…
with great appreciation to Senator Crapo, the distinguished Senator from Idaho who has been my leader and partner in all this, I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The…
the reason ``I came to speak on the floor [right now is to talk] about an issue that many in Washington would prefer to ignore; that is, [the] climate changes that are being caused by our carbon pollution.'' That is how I began these…
it has been the Senator from Idaho whose leadership has driven this bill forward more than anything else, and I express my great appreciation to him for the opportunity to work with him to accomplish this success. Like Senator Crapo, I…
I am here for the happy task of moving a piece of bipartisan legislation that has been cleared on both sides of the aisle. I am particularly pleased to be doing it in front of the Presiding Officer because the Presiding Officer and I and…
I ask unanimous consent that Senator Blumenthal's legislative fellow Mary Miller Flowers be granted floor privileges until the end of June 2018. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
I will be joined by a series of my colleagues who are coming to the floor this afternoon to talk about the November 2018 elections coming up and the steps we need to take to make sure that the Russian influence effort that bedeviled our…
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Scholer nomination? The clerk will call the roll. The…
I do not think coastal projects should be second class citizens in your budget by this kind of a factor of 37 to 1.
I do not want to be in a position in which the budget does not authorize funding for coastal projects, that it is $40 million out of $1.4 billion, with the result that people do not apply because they look at that budget and say, it says…
I am here for my 198th ``Time to Wake Up'' speech with my increasingly dog-eared and beaten chart. My last two speeches focused on, shall we say, the peculiar role two of this country's largest trade associations play on climate change…
I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 20 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
the easiest way for Russians, for instance, to manipulate our elections is to put money into our elections.
I think that is important information for Americans to know, that the system is not serving them in terms of delivering actual progressivity.
I am here for my 197th ``Time to Wake Up'' speech. My poster board is getting a little dog-eared, but we keep moving doggedly along. Last week, I spoke about corporate America outsourcing its lobbying to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce--a…
I think it is important for Americans to get a sense of how things are going in their democracy, to have a fair report of how much the highest-income earners are actually paying in taxes.
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