American Quotes by Sheldon Whitehouse

Regulators owned and controlled by industry are not the American way.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The American people have a right to know the air they breathe is safe.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Fossil fuel companies and their allies are funding a massive and sophisticated campaign to mislead the American people about the environmental harm…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The bottom line is this: A private company and/or its industry allies should not knowingly lie to the American people about the…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

When Rhode Island Senator Claiborne Pell first proposed the grants that now bear his name, he envisioned a way to help students…

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

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Each generation in this country gets the responsibility of being the ambassadors for this American democracy that our parents and grandparents fought,…

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When I was sworn in, we had Republican-sponsored climate-change bills all over the place. You had John McCain running for President in…

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If the American people make their voices heard and put enough pressure on Congress, we can restore fairness in our economic system,…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Climate change may not be the most important issue to every American, but strong majorities do consider it a major problem, and…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

As a lawyer, as a former prosecutor, and as a son and grandson of foreign-service officers who tried to represent American democracy…

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We are Christian and Jewish and Muslim and Hindu and none of the above. We are gay and straight. We are black,…

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The power the fossil fuel industry exerts over Congress is polluting American democracy, the propaganda it emits through its front groups is…

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Is keeping Big Oil happy with subsidies from the American people more important than addressing our deficit? Should a billionaire who makes…

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According to the IRS, the wealthiest 400 Americans, who earned an average of roughly $270 million in 2008, paid an average tax…

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Not only will a carbon fee reduce carbon emissions, it will force big polluters to pay for the damage their pollution does…

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Our American history reflects a long-standing tension between people and power. In fact, all government everywhere does. But our American form of…

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The Founding Fathers set up the American judiciary as a check on the excesses of the elected branches and as a refuge…

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Across our small globe, dawn sweeps each morning, lighting cities and cottages, barrios and villages. Whoever and wherever you may be, you…

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If everyone on the Court always voted for the prosecution against the defendant, for the corporation against the plaintiffs, and for the…

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When you don't have accountability, there's no limit to the things that people will say. One of the restraints on the vitriol…

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We would like the rest of the world to look up to American democracy. So when there is this kind of folly…

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