Sheldon Whitehouse

It's pretty clear that Americans have a strong interest in knowing who's trying to influence their vote in elections.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I don't think you earn the right to a message until you've earned it by having a real fight, really being willing…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

My father's politics did not influence mine. In fact, we disagreed on a fair amount of stuff.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Legislation to level the playing field for working families is dead on arrival in the Citizens United Congress.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The fossil fuel industry has been a particular disgrace, polluting our politics as well as our planet.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The worst blows to humanity from carbon pollution may come at us from the oceans.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Too many members of Congress seem willing to give corporate polluters, many of whom happen to be major political donors, a free…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The fossil fuel industry maintains a science denial operation and a political influence operation designed to do just that. What's good for…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I think a lot of the people who voted for Donald Trump were frustrated. And what they thought was, OK, government is…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I think people really understand that clean air and clean water and not having factories dumping their emissions into the atmosphere and…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

We'll never move beyond oil until we stop rewarding oil companies with ridiculous taxpayer subsidies and start making them pay for the…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Frankly, we should have an ARPA-O, an Advanced Research Projects Agency for oceans research, to match DARPA for defense and ARPA-E for…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The American Republican Party is the last political bastion of the fossil fuel industry - now so in tow to the fossil…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

A lot of the Citizens United problem could be solved if we knew where the money came from for all these ads.…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

When we breathe it in, soot can interfere with our lungs and increase the risk of asthma attacks, lung cancer and even…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I don't believe that there is anybody who denies climate change in the Democratic caucus. Everybody accepts that it is a real…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

If Republicans start losing their seats because they're climate deniers, that is a very salutary signal.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

It would be a sorry world in which corporations engaged in fraud could pull the screen of the First Amendment over any…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The oceans are a way of life. We fish; we sail; we have a robust marine economy.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

In many ways, the rotten effects of dark money are seen less in what we do than in what we don't do.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

We can reduce our deficit, and do it in a much more balanced way than sequestration, simply by fixing our tax code…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Educating our children and giving them the skills they need to compete in a global economy is a smart investment in our…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I am the exception to the rule that all senators see themselves in the Oval Office.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The Founding Fathers built our judicial system to withstand the special interest pressures that beset the political branches of government.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Pell Grants aren't 'welfare,' they are a gateway to opportunity for some of our nation's best and brightest students.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Most every young man either takes inspiration from his father or wishes he could. I was fortunate in that I could.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Implementing the so-called 'Buffett Rule' would restore some badly needed fairness to our tax system.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I'm not running for the U.S. Senate because I think Lincoln Chafee is a bad man.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Senators who once supported common-sense legislation have gone silent as stones under the threat of the polluters' spending.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Citizens United provided unprecedented political weaponry to big special interests. My personal view was it was calculated to do that.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

We have seen the big loan servicers drag their feet in the Obama administration's well-intentioned mortgage modification program.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Fraud investigations punish those who lie, knowing that they are lying, intending to fool others, and do it for money. No one…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

To a certain extent, platforms are platitudes that you test when you get to govern. You have to run those priorities up…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I suspect that a lot of the frustration people feel about government would feel a lot better if we had corporate influence…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Citizens United is a disgrace of a decision, holding that corporate money is corporate speech and entitled to the same First Amendment…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country,…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Worldwide, our oceans are warming, rising, and becoming dangerously acidic as a result of carbon pollution and climate change - endangering much…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Any patient who has a serious illness requiring multiple doctors understands the frustration of lost medical charts, repeated procedures, or having to…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

In the Internet economy, information is everything: The more a company knows about a consumer, the more carefully it can tailor its…

— Sheldon Whitehouse