Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

AND, no member has troubled to ask the Chamber, “In the last decade, how much fossil fuel money have you gotten? How much did it cost them to make you a ‘worst climate obstructer’? Are you still taking fossil fuel money as you obstruct?” — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

For three years now, anything good on climate goes to “conversation” to die; everything anti-climate bypasses “conversation” and goes straight to operations. And the “conversation” companies are cool with that — if not in on it. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The worst offender is the @USChamber (aka #ChamberofCarbon), a confirmed “worst climate obstructor,” which even created a “climate conversation” to give anxious members cover. How has that worked, you ask? — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

They tell public and shareholders one thing; then their trade associations and huge lobbying brutes come in and tell Congress the opposite. And they’re cool with that. https://t.co/W6O44lUbso — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

.@patagonia CEO dead right that on climate legislation, corporate sector “has historically been full of shit, and the sector is still full of shit.” — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

.@JaneMayerNYer does it again:  Democrats aren’t even fighting the battle big special interests are winning.  We want good laws and policies; they want corrupted and captured institutions.   https://t.co/fKYw6UV4fM — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

It’s time to pass my and @RepRoKhanna’s Big Oil Windfall Profits bill and send some of this money back to hardworking American families. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The 5 biggest oil companies reported a total of $59 billion in profits in the second quarter. The biggest refiner reported that its per-barrel profit margin tripled. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Fossil fuel companies do tell the truth about profits. Their profit reporting breaks through their screen of lies and shows who is responsible for high gas prices. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

It’s still sinking in but emotions are high. So many disappointments…and then this. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Oh yes we did — oh, yes we did!!Fended off dozens of dangerous amendments; pulled an audible to repair the one that went south on us; hung together, and did something REALLY BIG!!! https://t.co/LNt83ikza2 — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

…this is by far the biggest step the United States has ever taken to lower emissions. It is good reason for hope. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

While there’s still much more to do to get the planet in the safe zone – particularly in the areas of executive action on regulation and eliminating massive subsidies for polluters by finally pricing carbon and instituting a carbon border adjustment… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

From cracking down on methane to making homes and vehicles more energy efficient to greatly expanding carbon capture, I’m proud to have shaped major climate components of this bill. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The Inflation Reduction Act makes major investments in reducing the carbon emissions that are responsible for climate change. Now, it’s passed the Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

After years of toe-dipping we did a first real climate bill; after years of stall we did a first real pharma bill.  Two brute lobbies had to yield. A rare day! — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

You saw it, folks. Maybe they thought it was midnight and you wouldn’t notice. Republicans just torpedoed the insulin price cap. All we needed was ten of them to stand with us for consumers instead of for Pharma — but no.   https://t.co/Qu8tTltJR6 — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Here’s what I said last time: https://t.co/CHY5ykEAi0 — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

A. No surprise, and B. “the tax isn’t needed given the industry’s voluntary efforts to reduce emissions”? Hysterical. On what planet? https://t.co/TuD8OeG6Kq — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

No surprise, and B. “the tax isn’t needed given the industry’s voluntary efforts to reduce emissions”? Hysterical. On what planet? https://t.co/mYc5hcXP6i — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

An honest courtroom is a beautiful thing. https://t.co/d7cEGiag8Z — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

If we can lower drug costs, save families money in the transition to clean energy, make huge corporate tax dodgers pay some tax, and begin the turn to climate safety — well, our long ordeal of nonsense and weird votes will have been totally worth it. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

It’s that last vote that counts. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

And look for Republicans to come up with obscure and unreal amendments designed to cause maximum pain to Democrats, just to score points. None of that mischief is real. The key for us is to ride out the nonsense, hold fast, and pass the bill. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

This one is so delicately balanced that ANY amendment, even a “good” one, risks upsetting the balance — so look forward to a lot of “no” votes on things we would ordinarily want. Don’t be surprised. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

As we roll into reconciliation, everyone should know what’s up: we get to pass a bill with only fifty votes (yay!!); in return, there are unlimited amendments allowed, to exhaustion. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

As their states alternately flood, burn, & swelter, one wonders if these Republican state treasurers will ever be able to kick their fossil fuel habit. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

This reads like a hall of shame of fossil fuel-funded climate denial/obstruction: API, Heartland, Heritage, ALEC, Leonard Leo, the Kochs. https://t.co/QiWDzRXNuo — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Hey @politico, probably worth looking into who your advertisers actually are and what they're telling your readers... https://t.co/vbhdKA5Ohm https://t.co/lebkZwLEVQ — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Yup. They always are. Until in the morning hours exhaustion replaces the lust to score points (can anyone remember a vote-a-rama “gotcha” that mattered?). — PolitiTweet.org