Joined @SenJackReed to see progress on Westerly’s Tower Street Community Center today! We secured federal funding to build a new community hub that we hope Westerly residents will enjoy for a long time to come.
Sheldon Whitehouse
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State. Ranking Member @EPWcmte
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The Trump-Vance Administration’s foolish and illegal war with Iran has been a nightmare for Americans' wallets—costing the average household about $1,000 over the last four months.Iran war has cost Americans $1,000 per household, economist estimates. cbsn.ws/4eRvkMM - Sheldon Whitehouse reposted
Saving 400,000 rural homes from falling into disrepair isn’t a yawn to people in small towns you claim to care about.Q: Will you sign that housing bill? TRUMP: It hasn't been sent to me yet. It's coming I understand, and then I'll make the determination. Big deal. It's a yawn.
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The @NWSBoston has issued a !!Extreme Heat Warning!! for Rhode Island beginning Wednesday 7/1/26 10:00 AM through Saturday 7/4/26 8:00 PM. For more information visit inws.ncep.noaa.gov/a/a.php?i=1300…. Stay hydrated, spend time in air-conditioned spaces, and avoid long periods in the
- This is why it is important to look at patterns of behavior rather than be beguiled by language. Every political case helps Republicans. Every regulatory case helps fossil fuel. Billionaire-funded amicus flotillas always get their way.
- Amazing that the Trumpiest extreme of the extremist wing went with Trump even on something clear as this. It should have been 9-0, but then so should the presidential immunity decision, and it was 6-3 for the extremists’ anti-constitutional invention.BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits. apnews.com/live/birthrigh…
- Another anti-democracy decision by the extremist wing of the Court, privileging even more the power of big money, just as the big-money interests that assembled this Court wish; just as the billionaire-funded flotilla of amici instructed.BREAKING: The Supreme Court just struck down another campaign finance limit, opening a flood of GOP money in the midterms. The change is likely to benefit Republicans, who brought the case and rely more on large donors. 🔗politico.com/news/2026/06/3…
- Our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is still improving travel in RI! Grateful to announce $19 million in federal funding to make getting around Aquidneck Island easier – especially during these congested summer months!
- The PolluterPage loves this, because Blanche has turned the Department of Justice into the political weapon of the fossil fuel industry, providing the polluters free, taxpayer-funded legal services.Polluters are of course in hog heaven. Barr should be embarrassed.
- Civilizations fail when resources fail. For them, in a simpler world, it was sub-Saharan aquifers. For us, in a complex world, it’s climate stability. Climate stability is an essential resource for human well-being.
- The back story is likely Trump team before first election trading away his Court nominees to Kochs for political relief from their attacks. 🧵Replying to @SenWhitehouseThe record for Republican Party in every politics-related case aligns with this being right-wing billionaire scheme. We should wake up to what this Court really is: a captured Court, just like olden-days railroad barons captured railroad commissions.Except now it’s the United States Supreme Court that is the tool of creepy, right-wing, special-interest billionaires. “Conservative,” my eye.
