Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

OPEC’s production cut is a gift to Russia and to Big Oil. @RepKhanna and I have a plan to protect American consumers from ploys like this one and the profiteering that will follow, and it’s called the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

If we continue to build transmission at our current rate, we will lose up to 80% of the expected emissions reductions from the IRA. So count me in for smart permitting reform to speed the deployment of transmission and other low-carbon projects, particularly for offshore wind! — PolitiTweet.org

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Currently, we’re expanding transmission capacity by only about 1% per year. According to analysis from @Princeton, we need to more than double that rate at in order to realize the full emissions reducing potential of the IRA. https://t.co/ylSHvporAV — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Sen. Manchin’s permitting proposal, while flawed, did contain important provisions to help speed up the approval process for interstate transmission lines. https://t.co/QghntvxIcZ — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The IRA will do a lot to hasten the transition to low-carbon energy sources by making them even cheaper, but economics alone won’t determine what gets built. Non-economic factors, like the permitting process for interstate electric transmission lines, also play a big role. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

This is the operation I’ve been after in my Scheme speeches, and before. It just got the $1.6 billion payoff — reward, or funds for future secret mischief? https://t.co/zkC0Ppc4Aa — PolitiTweet.org

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Loving Jenna Jambeck getting a MacArthur! She’s done great work on marine plastic waste. Bravo!! https://t.co/AoP2BQIs7I — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

It was a beautiful day for some quahogging at Rocky Point. Thanks in part to @RI_InfraBank’s work to improve RI’s stormwater and wastewater systems, Upper Narragansett Bay is now open for shellfishing. https://t.co/bDOzxXWNxO — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

It was a beautiful day for some quahogging at Rocky Point. Thanks in part to @RI_InfraBank’s work to improve RI’s stormwater and wastewater systems, Upper Narragansett Bay is now open for shellfishing. https://t.co/2X1aSNWq8O — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

We must pass my DISCLOSE Act and end the foul tide of dark money behind this scheme. Americans deserve real democracy, where donor networks and shady operators don’t call the shots. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

This isn’t part of a natural political cycle. It’s a decades-long clandestine campaign, funded by massive anonymous donors and spearheaded by Leonard Leo, the man who made it his mission to capture the Supreme Court. https://t.co/zkC0PpudOi — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

These extremists have already taken away the right to an abortion and are poised to do even more damage if left unchecked. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The far right is determined to reshape this country – covertly, permanently and undemocratically – by rolling back the rights we’ve gained and the progress we’ve achieved. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

I love honest courtrooms delivering comeuppance to bullies and frauds.   https://t.co/9r8sr1cEye — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Republicans have said they want to put Social Security on the chopping block, though they’re awful cagey about admitting it. Here’s the truth: working Americans have earned these benefits, and I won’t stop fighting to defend them. — PolitiTweet.org

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We’ll keep writing these disaster checks, but not address the climate cause, because the climate polluters write big checks to Congress to let them pollute for free. https://t.co/tStKcVcL1u — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenJeffMerkley: Reminder that every single Senate Republican voted to let dark money megadonors buy elections.https://t.co/ZO8nXPKQ8w — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

They overlook the Supreme Court, which has already been captured by creepy billionaire special interests. Will it accept Trump autocracy too; will Trump care? https://t.co/Bi0KqMVb5m — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Good article on Garland. https://t.co/YUBg7lDAOj — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

7.  It would clean up a legal mess of different standards for law enforcement officers if they’re federal, state, or local/county/municipal — makes no practical sense; complicates cases for plaintiff and defendant alike. Again, simple and known. — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Problem organizations facing direct liability will be more likely to clean up their act, and insurers will demand improvements if they don’t. — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Puts accountability where it belongs: with the organization accountable for hiring, training, policy, procedure, discipline, and command environment. — PolitiTweet.org

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3. It is particularly appropriate for command organizations like police departments. 4. Eliminates the need to sue the individual officer. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

There’s another way: respondeat superior. 1. Yes, a doctrine so well established its name is in Latin; so well known it applies to all civilian employers. 2. Simple: it makes the employer liable for employees’ acts within the scope of their employment.    https://t.co/LpW0OFFuiS — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Both my Washington, D.C. and Providence offices are looking for spring interns who are passionate about serving Rhode Islanders. Applications close November 18th - learn more here: https://t.co/xQUzHnVFuG https://t.co/GxwTOX7dhz — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Instead of just asking big banks to assess exposure to climate risks, the @FederalReserve should require stricter capital requirements for those banks found vulnerable to the physical and/or transition risks of climate change. This can't just be theoretical - it needs teeth! — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Clearly a flinch to fossil fuel pushback, but better than nothing. https://t.co/ClMQ1clBNE — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Good piece from @BrennanCenter that breaks down the classification/declassification process – I’ve had my eye on this stuff and related presidential powers for a while, going back to Bush Administration. https://t.co/2sPC2eK82D — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

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Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

People worry “that the justices are partisans just like any other politicians,” and statistics pretty clearly confirm that view. Partisan 5-4 and 6-3 cases are a one-sided 80-0 rout for big Republican donor interests. — PolitiTweet.org