Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

True: "The most powerful tool companies have to fight climate change is their political influence." Yet virtually none of them do one damn thing that is useful against climate with their political influence. Virtually none even try. 🐓🐓🐓🐓 — PolitiTweet.org

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This must end — and this accountability will help END IT. Bravo and thank you, @EnvDefenseFund. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

AT LAST!! This is a BIG deal. Corporate climate good guys are pathetically AWOL in Congress; fossil fuel bad guys are relentlessly against action; & corporate groups like Chamber and NAM are paid enemies of progress (by fossil fuel). https://t.co/aFui46az54 — PolitiTweet.org

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The Trump administration testimony on this was ‘we know where all the parents are & where all the kids are.’ Yeah, but you just don’t know which are parents, or what kids they relate to, or for the kids what parent they relate to. Unbelievable. Sickening. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wonderful ocean & climate champion @JohnKerry recognizes the Goldman Prize winners. https://t.co/kO1Lnpiuwn — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

It makes me feel very humbled to join international Goldman Environmental Prize recipients, from the Cook Islands to Mongolia to Liberia. Many face imprisonment & assassination fighting against forces of corruption & greed that loot our good Earth. https://t.co/Kl9kMmKbhs — PolitiTweet.org

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Then today, the administration finalized a rule allowing health care providers to make decisions about patient care based on their religious or moral beliefs. These relentless attacks on our health care must be stopped. #PutPatientsFirst https://t.co/bDdo1BGsSI — PolitiTweet.org

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Wow. Yesterday, the Trump administration made clear it still wants to strike down the entire #ACA, taking away health care from millions of Americans. That’s ridiculous & harmful. https://t.co/kBmbYtG2o7 — PolitiTweet.org

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The reference is to the legendary article, and later book, “The Paranoid Style in American Politics,” about the far right wing. 50 years later, the article holds up well. https://t.co/3hTe3V1g6V — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Crap media coverage of climate reported on by media. Thanks, @guardian, @insideclimate & a very few others who break the mold. https://t.co/SRokxirZPZ — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the six million Jews who were killed during the Holocaust & we remind ourselves of our continuing responsibility to fight back against those who try to divide us. #YomHaShoah — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

I joined @SenBlumenthal & @SenMarkey to ask @FAANews for an update on the requirement we passed into law for a minimum size for seats & leg room in airplanes. It’s been seven months. What’s taking so long? https://t.co/6RUGHFomjq — PolitiTweet.org

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What was left of Attorney General Barr’s credibility as day broke on Wednesday had crumbled by day’s end. He is now a confirmed spin master for the president. #EmBarrassment — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

I have served on the Senate Judiciary Committee for twelve years. I have never witnessed a performance like Attorney General William Barr’s on Wednesday. Here is what I saw: — PolitiTweet.org

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Well-deserved national recognition for @RIHEALTH’s efforts to help Rhode Islanders living with asthma. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

For this week’s #TTWU speech, I was joined by Louisiana’s senior senator @SenBillCassidy to discuss my recent visit to his home state. The dedication of the Louisianans I met to their coast is inspiring. https://t.co/wZyApsxQw7 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RIKidsCount: Our Executive Director Elizabeth Burke Bryant welcomes #strollingthunderRI families! #ThinkBabies https://t.co/hOWEiOjaFg — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Attorney General #Barr confirmed that his goal is to help the President spin the facts rather than help the American people understand what happened. That’s why the Committee should hear directly from #Mueller & #Rosenstein. Read my full statement here: https://t.co/buI0MqWlsv — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The Department of Justice doesn’t refer to fully justified & court-authorized investigations as "spying." But I can think of someone who does: @realDonaldTrump. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

One more reason to clean up dark money in elections. https://t.co/2j3mviT4w6 — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Setting aside that the President’s testimony was described by Mueller as “inadequate.” Who stops an investigation with testimony still “inadequate”? — PolitiTweet.org

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The problem with Barr is that he looks at each individual piece of the @realDonaldTrump obstruction saga & says that one’s not enough, without — evidently — looking at the whole saga as a pattern of obstruction. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @atrupar: .@SenWhitehouse is left speechless by the hairsplitting Barr does to defend his misleading congressional testimony https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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Our case moves forward! Thanks, @SenBlumenthal, for your leadership — glad to be your ally in this lawsuit. https://t.co/DqDL4KuIzt — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

When was Attorney General Barr going to tell us this? Or was he going to go through Senate Judiciary Committee testimony on this subject covering this letter up? The man’s credibility is in free fall. https://t.co/JQy4yLMlLi — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @maziehirono: AG Barr’s spin on the Mueller report shows he’s acting like the President’s lawyer, not the American people’s lawyer. That… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Today, I joined @SenatorDurbin to introduce a bill to crack down on payday loans. It would help families avoid predatory lenders trying to ensnare them in an escape-proof cycle of ultra-high-interest borrowing. https://t.co/KUt0u4FRLm — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Thank you to the #RhodeIsland @EpilepsyFdn advocates for meeting with me today to discuss their policy, research & funding priorities. I am glad to do my part to ensure that patients have access to necessary medications & treatments. https://t.co/jSUKwF8tiw — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s not all: behind the disinformation campaign is a parallel campaign of political muscle and manipulation. It is a disgrace. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Thank you, @projo and @MetcalfURI for bringing wonderful Elizabeth Kolbert to describe the sickening extent of fossil fuel industry disinformation about climate change. https://t.co/TGrLo7BED3 — PolitiTweet.org