Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works | Ranking Member @SenWhitehouse

Washington, DC
Joined February 2011
The American people want lower energy bills, and they want more clean energy. Our permitting reform plan gets us a long way toward both of those goals.
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The fossil fuel industry wants to hide the truth, but we can’t let them. We’ll continue to shine a spotlight on the industry’s climate denial and dark money schemes, until Republicans see that their big polluter donors’ lies aren’t worth the money. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1AGRnZyOo…
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There’s a deliberate scheme to raise your energy costs. Who’s responsible? Trump and Big Oil.
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Senate EPW Democrats retweeted
A new report from @EPWCmte puts a dollar figure on the greed and corruption between the fossil fuel industry & and the GOP under Trump: sierraclub.org/press-release…
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Nuclear energy is our largest source of zero-carbon energy. To develop nuclear energy responsibly and credibly, we need safe solutions for permanent waste. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1qKDzWdZr…
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Two bills being considered today are the product of bipartisan cooperation. The other is not. These bipartisan bills will help prevent wildfires and meet nuclear fuel demands. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1NGaromyg…
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Trump’s cronies were busy using taxpayer dollars to renovate a bathroom, re-paint columns, and ruin a reflecting pool. But they didn’t have time to fix a ceiling before it collapsed.
Another warning we can’t ignore. A section of the Grand Foyer ceiling collapsed after this week’s storms. Thankfully no one was hurt. Decades of deferred maintenance made this inevitable. Chairman President Trump has been right: America’s cultural center needs to close, renovate, and be restored—now.
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Senate EPW Democrats retweeted
Trump and Zeldin are defying the laws of this country, the laws of physics, and the law of common sense. Their Polluters First Agenda passes the very real costs of a more extreme climate onto working families. We must protect human health and our environment—not corporate polluter profits.
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Senate EPW Democrats retweeted
Under the “leadership” of Zeldin and Trump the EPA is selling out YOUR health to line polluter pockets. They’re ignoring science, the effects of climate chaos we’re already feeling, and the people they serve. Just sickening. nytimes.com/2026/09/13/clima…
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Welcome to “the largest public corruption announcement in U.S. history,” bailing out Trump’s big fossil fuel donors by letting them pollute your air and atmosphere for free. Fossil fuel wins; you pay. washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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How about some good news? Through bipartisan consensus, this CR contains no-brainer extensions for infrastructure funding and fee collections from chemical manufacturers. Wins that improve Americans' lives. npr.org/2026/09/01/nx-s1-595…
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Renaming the Kennedy Center after a deeply unpopular president seems to have been a financial disaster. @SenWhitehouse is renewing demands for the Center's financial documents, a basic expectation of trustees with fiduciary duties. washingtonpost.com/style/202…
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Even Trump’s own DOJ won’t go along with his vandalism lies.
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