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Time to Wake Up 299: How Empty and Worthless is the Power of Kings - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
June 4 - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, delivers his 299th speech urging his colleagues to wake up to the threat of climate change.
Whitehouse discusses how Trump and the fossil fuel industry are actively trying to tank renewable energy and stick Americans with the costs and harms of climate change.
Sheldon Whitehouse represents Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate, where he champions policies to uphold American leadership in the world, protect our planet in a changing climate, and hold the powerful accountable.