Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
| State |
Rhode Island |
| Party |
Democrat |
| Term |
1st |
| Commitees |
Environment and Public Works; Budget; Judiciary; Intelligence; Aging; Caucus on International Narcotics Control |
| Quote from Website |
“I will continue to use my position on the EPW Committee to clean up pollution in our communities, protect our waters, save threatened wildlife species, and stop global warming, and to undo the harms inflicted by the Bush Administration on our environment and the institutions charged with protecting our public health and natural heritage. I look forward to working with President Obama on these critical issues.” |
| Websites |
http://www.whitehouseforsenate.com/
http://whitehouse.senate.gov/
 
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Leadership: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is a strong environmental leader and ocean champion. He has demonstrated incredible dedication to environmental protection throughout his first term. As Chair of the Senate Environmental and Public Works committee (EPW), Senator Whitehouse helped to push the first ever piece of comprehensive global warming legislation. He continues to sponsor and cosponsor bills to mitigate climate change by transitioning to clean energy and preparing coastal areas for rising sea levels. He supports progressive and comprehensive energy reforms including raising standards for fuel economy in cars, appliances, home and workplace. He also supports mandating a dramatic increase in production and use of renewable fuels and removing tax breaks to large oil companies to instead invest in new and efficient energy markets. He cosponsored the Clean Water Act and he works tirelessly to protect Narragansett Bay and its waterways.
Senator Whitehouse has sponsored:
- S. 1313 (Clean Estuaries Act of 2011)
- S. 3641 (National Endowment for the Oceans Act of 2010)
- S. 3862 (Oil Spill Victims Redress Act of 2010)
- S. 810 (Ocean and Coastal Adaptation Planning Act of 2009)
- S. 1379 (Energy Efficiency in Housing Act of 2009)
- S. 1428 (Mercury Pollution Reduction Act of 2009)
- S. 3344 (BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2010)
- S. 3345 (Big Oil Polluter Pays Act of 2010)
- S. 3540 (Clean Estuaries Act of 2010)
Senator Whitehouse has cosponsored:
- S. 214 (Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011)
- S. 215 (Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2011)
- S. 926 (COAST Anti-Drilling Act of 2011)
- S. 940 (Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act of 2011)
- S. 1201 (National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2011)
- S. 1451 (Billfish Conservation Act of 2011)
- S. 1494 (National Fish and Wildlife Reauthorization Act of 2011)
- S. 1582 (Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act of 2011)
- S. 1701 (Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011)
- S. 3164 (Polluter Pays Restoration Act of 2010)
- S. 3262 (Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2010)
- S. 3305 (Big Oil Bailout Prevention Liability Act of 2010)
- S. 3472 (Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2010)
- S. 3466 (Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2010)
- S. 3561 (Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2010)
- S. 345 (Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2009)
- S. 787 (Clean Water Restoration Act of 2009)
- S. 850 (Shark Conservation Act of 2009)
- S. 878 (Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act of 2009)
- S.936 (Water Quality Investment Act of 2009)
- S. 937 (Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act of 2009)
- S. 1214 (National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2009)
- S. 1535 (Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009)
- S. 1738 (Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2009)
- S. 1820 (Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2009)
- S. 2899 (Renewable Energy Incentive Act of 2009)