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Sheldon Whitehouse

American Politician

Born: Oct 20, 1955

American Big Change People Political You

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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 taking place, it makes it difficult for other rational nations to look up to American democracy. Sheldon Whitehouse

Democracy World Rest Difficult Other Kind Would Folly Rational Taking Like Look Makes Up American Nations Place

The Constitution provided no protection against corporations; the Constitution has a blind spot for them. Sheldon Whitehouse

Constitution Protection Corporations Blind Spot Provided Against Them

Muzzling our leading scientists benefits no one. Sheldon Whitehouse

Benefits Our No-One Leading Scientists

Frankly, we should have an ARPA-O, an Advanced Research Projects Agency for oceans research, to match DARPA for defense and ARPA-E for energy. And we should have an Oceans and Coasts Fund to match the upland- and freshwater-directed Land and Water Conservation Fund. Sheldon Whitehouse

Water Energy Research Defense Projects Frankly DARPA Advanced Match Oceans Land Agency Should Fund Conservation

The fossil fuel industry has taken control of, and powered up, architecture and methods originally built by the tobacco industry and others to attack and deny science. Sheldon Whitehouse

Science Architecture Control Others Attack Taken Powered Industry Built Methods Up Deny Fuel Tobacco Fossil Fossil Fuel Originally

The science-denial machinery is a serious adversary, and it has a big advantage over real science: it does not need to win its dispute with real science; it just needs to create a public illusion that there is a dispute. Sheldon Whitehouse

Needs Science Win Illusion Big Machinery Advantage Over Adversary Does Real Just Public Create Serious Dispute Need

America has long stood before the world as an exceptional country. Sheldon Whitehouse

World Long Country Before Exceptional America Stood

America's exceptional nature confers upon us responsibilities. We are not exceptional because we say so; we are exceptional because, over and over, we do exceptional things - things like what Generals Marshall and MacArthur accomplished putting Europe and Japan back on their feet after World War II. Sheldon Whitehouse

War Nature World Back Say Responsibilities Marshall Exceptional Generals Putting Over Feet Like Because Accomplished America After Japan Us Europe Things World War World War II

We've seen too often what happens when wealthy and powerful industries gain excessive influence over the agencies that regulate them. The capture of the Minerals Management Service at the Department of Interior contributed to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Sheldon Whitehouse

Service Management Interior Seen Too Minerals Spill Wealthy Gulf Excessive Powerful Over Industries Mexico Department Often Influence Oil Happens Gain Them Agencies Regulate Capture

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

Way Industry American Owned Controlled American Way

From lying about climate change, to undermining programs that make up our social safety net, to opposing laws that reduce gun violence, to fighting marriage equality, the Kochs' tentacles infiltrate all parts of America's public debates. Sheldon Whitehouse

Change Marriage Equality Safety Gun Opposing Fighting Lying Programs Our Marriage Equality About Net Laws Make Undermining Make Up Parts Safety Net Reduce Climate Climate Change Debates Up America Infiltrate Public Social Violence

Society is indeed better off when we share knowledge with one another and have open debates about the issues in the public arena, with the hands and motives of the players identified. Sheldon Whitehouse

Knowledge Better Society Indeed About Arena Better Off Open Share Identified Another Issues Motives Off Debates Hands Public Players

I'm not running for the U.S. Senate because I think Lincoln Chafee is a bad man. Sheldon Whitehouse

Man Think Bad Running Bad Man Because Lincoln Senate

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