The worst blows to humanity from carbon pollution may come at us from the oceans. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The dirty secret is that climate change is not really a partisan issue in Congress. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The fossil fuel industry has been a particular disgrace, polluting our politics as well as our planet. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
If Republicans start losing their seats because they're climate deniers, that is a very salutary signal. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The fossil fuel industry has taken control of, and powered up, architecture and methods originally built by the tobacco industry and others… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Worldwide, our oceans are warming, rising, and becoming dangerously acidic as a result of carbon pollution and climate change - endangering much… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
If you look at the casualties, the federal government isn't waging a War on Coal. If anything, coal is waging a war… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Fossil fuel companies and their allies are funding a massive and sophisticated campaign to mislead the American people about the environmental harm… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Not only will a carbon fee reduce carbon emissions, it will force big polluters to pay for the damage their pollution does… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Republicans aren't cowards. Many will take the side of climate principle in a fair fight. But it is asking a lot of… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Climate change may not be the most important issue to every American, but strong majorities do consider it a major problem, and… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The 'Wall Street Journal' is quite irate that I rank them with industry front groups and cranks denying climate change. But they… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
To be clear, I don't know whether the fossil fuel industry and its allies engaged in the same kind of racketeering activity… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
When I was sworn in, we had Republican-sponsored climate-change bills all over the place. You had John McCain running for President in… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The big polluters are confident in their grip on Congress. They have basically achieved control of the Republican Party, and as a… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The power the fossil fuel industry exerts over Congress is polluting American democracy, the propaganda it emits through its front groups is… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
I, for one, despite being a pretty solid climate hawk, I am extremely sympathetic to West Virginia and its coal-country needs. I… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Talking to my Senate Republican colleagues about climate change is like talking to prisoners about escaping. The conversations are often private, even… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Every week in the Senate, I give a speech telling my colleagues it is time to wake up to the reality of… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Putting a price on carbon pollution is one of the best things we can do to stem the tide of climate change. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Millions upon millions of secret spending by the fossil fuel industry that was unleashed by the disastrous 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
We've seen too often what happens when wealthy and powerful industries gain excessive influence over the agencies that regulate them. The capture… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Rhode Island works hard to reduce air pollution in our communities. We passed laws to prohibit cars and buses from idling their… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
You can measure the warming oceans with a thermometer. You measure sea level rise with a yardstick. You can measure the dramatic… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The Heartland Institute is about as biased as they come, and it's funded by the likes of Exxon and the Koch brothers.… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
As a Senator from Rhode Island, I wish that once - just once - the fossil fuel industry and their paid-for PR… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Getting past the influence of the fossil fuel industry will take courage, especially on the part of the Republican majority whom they… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The American Republican Party is the last political bastion of the fossil fuel industry - now so in tow to the fossil… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think people really understand that clean air and clean water and not having factories dumping their emissions into the atmosphere and… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
How arrogant - how very far from humility - would be the self-satisfied, smug assurance that God, a tidy-up-after-us God will come and clean… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Citizens United is a disgrace of a decision, holding that corporate money is corporate speech and entitled to the same First Amendment protection as… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
We must unequivocally reject any cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Implementing the so-called 'Buffett Rule' would restore some badly needed fairness to our tax system. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
To be clear, I don't know whether the fossil fuel industry and its allies engaged in the same kind of racketeering activity as the… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The fossil fuel industry has taken control of, and powered up, architecture and methods originally built by the tobacco industry and others to attack… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Getting past the influence of the fossil fuel industry will take courage, especially on the part of the Republican majority whom they so relentlessly… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
We have seen the big loan servicers drag their feet in the Obama administration's well-intentioned mortgage modification program. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Talking to my Senate Republican colleagues about climate change is like talking to prisoners about escaping. The conversations are often private, even furtive. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
