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it's all about preserving the constitution. >> senator sheldon whitehouse, who helped get all of thoseved through the senate judiciary committee, is back with us. senator whitehouse, i want to go to your correspondence with the judicial conference, which has now created the news of the day where they're saying, well, clarence thomas promises to do better, that's good enough for us. >> yeah. as you know, because you've followed this so closely, lawrence, i've had an ongoing correspondence with the -- met with them repeatedly, the judicial conference, for years now, to direct their attention to the misconduct of various supreme court justices. and by and large, i've had a pretty good response from them. slow for sure. cautious for sure. but always moving in the right direction. and so this letter is a little bit hard to fathom. it's full of seeming contradictions. the letter says that judges have an obligation to amend erroneous filings that goes back six years. and yet they did not require justice thomas to go back and correct his filings for the past six years. they said that there was

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additional judicial conference rejecting democratic senator sheldon whitehouse 2023 requests that itorney general attorney generalfor supposedly g disclosure rules. this is part of sheldon whitehouse ongoing to harass and delegitimize justice as he does not wipe to the conferences whether it straightforwardly reminded him justice thomas has followed all the rules as they were written at the time this is not its job but sheldon whitehouse knows all of this but it was a welcome rebuke for amanda talks about rules a lot but does not follow them himself. >> are right alicia? >> what's is a mystic california governor gavin newsom who earlier announced the cost had ballooned to $100 billion. gavin newsom definition of efficiency spend more taxpayer money more so late. >> talk sorry dan? what is a common saying all of the planets are aligned to make some great projects happen here to hit to the fact all planets are about to get in line on january 21 with 6 of the seven plants will be in the line out there from mars, jupiter, uranus, neptune, venus, saturn, mercury catc touches upon fabri. a

. >> senator sheldon whitehouse who helped to get them all moved through is back with us. senator whitehouse, i want to go to to the conference that created the news of the day where they were saying well, clarence thomas promises to do better. that's good enough for us. >> yeah, as you know, you followed this so closely lawrence. i have had an ongoing correspondent, met with them repeatedly, the judicial conference for years now. to direct their attention to the misconduct. i have by and large had a good response from them. slow, for sure, cautious for sure, but always moving in the right direction. and so this letter is a little bit hard to fathom. it is full of seeming contradictions. the letter says judges have an obligation to amend erroneous filings. but they didn't require justice thomas to correct his filings from the past six years. there was unstated confusion that said food, lodging and entertainment and never said transportation and never been read to mean transportation and a lot of the gifts to alito and thomas have been, and before, scalia have been in the f

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will give you a second to remember the names of those who served so well, dianne feinstein, sheldon whitehouse, amy klobuchar, chris loomis, richard blumenthal, cory booker, alexi padilla, jon ossoff, senator butler and senator welch. they deserve a round of applause. [applause] i would be remiss if i did not note the amazing staff that brought us here as well on my side. extraordinary group of people starting with and swanson, philip rest. [applause] sarah bauer. [applause] stephanie angel, just clay, leak simmons. [applause] the high point of the last four years was when you kept your word and we were able to confirm justice ketanji brown jackson. [applause] if you are to be the first, you have to be the best, and she is, certainly the best by every measure. you kept your word and nominated her and we have done a great favor to the nation by following through. in closing, we are proud of the fact these nominees have bipartisan support, more than 80% of them received bipartisan support. i want to thank my friend and colleague of many years, chuck schumer. i nagged him and beat up on him and t

here's senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat of rhode island, talking about his legacy. >> very often, indeed, too often, political outcomes in washington are determined by the political weight and the wealth of contesting forces vying for power. it is brute force. against brute force. and it makes you wonder, is that all there is to this? is this just an arena of combat where huge special interests lean against each other trying to shove each other around each for their own greed and benefit. well, this incident 60 years ago is an eternal lesson of what a difference one person can make. a regular american. a nobody in washington. good at his craft, good in his character, and in the right place at the right time, a man who knew it was right, broke the fever of virulent political frenzy that has captured washington. one private lawyer's sincere direct outrage at a cruel attack on his young associate, a few words from a boston lawyer who had just had enough. turned the tide of history.rs madame president, may we never forget in this world of vast and often corrupt political forces, the p

and that was senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat of rhode island, jim townsend did the mccarthy hearings on communist? did they accomplish anything, in your view? they really accomplished very little at all when it comes to their stated goal, which was to find communists. no evidence of communist infiltration to root out communists, spying and infiltration. if anything, they got in the way because they diverted a lot of energy and a lot of attention away from investigations that might have found what were some of instances of infiltration. high levels of of the us government. so very little was accomplished by by the investigations themselves. probably the only good that really you can say came out of the whole episode was that the primary subcommittee committee on investigations adopted some reforms so that abuses of the kind that senator mccarthy engaged in would be much harder to engage in in the future. so things like requiring that, both the majority and the minority have a significant role in determining what investigations ought to be pursued, giving the minority the opportunity t

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senator sheldon whitehouse saying this was no normal inauguration of american president. president trump gave a cadre of billionaires seats of honors on the dais. they were, in fact, sitting in front of the cabinet. he is handing them the power of the federal government to loot the hard working people who pay their taxes and keep their country running. the incoming president just created a cryptocurrency to enrich himself as he takes office. his first actions as president include massive giveaways to big oil billionaires and pledging to raise taxes on americans. and the outgoing president had a reason to preemptively try to protect his family from politically weaponized investigations. the democrats must be vigilant to protect america's civil liberties, our democratic system, the rule of law as looters and polluters line up before president trump to feed themselves at the expense of the middle class and our environment. >> if there if there is a if there is something to pay attention to from the first speech, it is the stagecraft. it is, it is. these are all very delibera

just look at this tweet from senator sheldon whitehouse, who'll join me in a moment. he of rhode island, who's leading the charge on economic risks and costs of climate change, quote, climate inflation. in five years, home insurance has increased more than 50%, and the rate is accelerating as climate driven risks like flood and wildfire become worse and harder to predict. unlike the housing finance system, which is largely regulated at the federal level, property and casualty insurance is regulated at the state level. the result is a patchwork of different regulations where premiums vary wildly due to state by state regulation. that, in turn, has incentivized economically dangerous behavior in some areas. check out this map from the new york times, which reveals higher insurance premiums for home ownership. the darker the color, the higher the premium. you can see the distorted rates, which is making home ownership unaffordable for many. zero in on oklahoma covered in red, where buyers are paying a lot more for home insurance compared to the value of their homes, even

sheldon whitehouse for environment and public works.s been a loud critic of the oil companies and he's currently the budget many it tee chairman so senator jeff merkly filling his pester there and elizabeth warren on banking and the top dem and needs to find a way to work with republicans. if i'm being optimistic, ashley, the low hanging fruit could be affordable housing, but we all know she's anti-crypto and she constantly berates the big banks. finally senator martin heinrich of new mexico home to some of the most active parts of the perm yen basis for energy and senator jeann, shahee networks serving on the foreign relations committee. ashley: i wonder who elizabeth warren banks with and if her money is under the mattress. lauren: and she's got a lot of it. the cryptocompany that backed the race to have play moreno defeat brown and now brown is out of banking but warren is worse. ashley: yes, indeed. lauren, thank you very much. the new orleans terror attack renewing calls for getting donald trump's cabinet picks confirmed as soon as

democrat senator sheldon whitehouse admits as much saying reportedly if biden didn't drop out they couldn't continue to claim he was fit for office because, quote: they would be lying but, of course, they were lying all along. well long before biden withdrew from the race. that, my friends is something none of us should ever forget. because they were all consumed by their desire to hang on to power by any means necessary. and the democrat party and all their media cohorts, they continued the big lie while accusing trump of the big lie but lying to the american public about the mental fitness of our commander-in-chief. just so they could hold onto the proximity of power. and when they were caught, well, they just decided they subvert the will of the democratic primary voters and force their own nominee off the ticket. so, in the end, this remains one of the most egregious abuses of power we have ever seen in american politics. it's a scandal of lying, then it's a scandal of hopscotching over the voters who actually picked joe biden to be the nominee. we can never again trust nip of these peo

. >> sound or she turned the tables on sheldon whitehouse the senator from rhode island win he askedn. >> appropriate for a prosecutor to start with the name and look for a crime, it's a product does prosecutor's job to start with a crime and look with the name correctly. >> sandra i think that's the whole problem with the weaponization that we've seen in the last four years and what's been happening to donald trump. >> she gained national attention in january 2025 years ago this month win she became then president trump's impeachment lawyer during his trial at the u.s. senate but as attorney general she insisted she will not be president trump's personal lawyer. >> what would you do if your career doj prosecutors came to you with the case to prosecute grounded in the facts of law but the white house directs you to drop the case? >> if i thought that would happen i would not be sitting here today. 's that will not happen, will not happen. >> she said her priority at the department of justice would be getting back to what she calls the basics, fighting crime, violent criminals, drugs

. >> senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island appears to be pushing for an offensive strategy when with republicans. i find the dynamics interesting. i'm a former dnc member, and members of congress are not automatically members of democratic national committee, right? some of them are, but by and large, they're not. 448 members are going to make this decision of the democratic national committee. i'm wondering what you're hearing in terms of how the candidates are reaching out to the dnc membership, and the pitches they are making there on what their strategy would be as chair. >> it is interesting. i chatted with james skofis, one of the younger members running, and he talks about reaching into traditionally red-leaning areas. he is from a red district, a trump-leaning district in new york state, and reaching out to those voters. but we've also heard other candidates talk about, of course, keeping, like i said, the democratic coalition together. keeping the base very strong. i think the problem, though, and a lot of democrats, you know, admit this, is that there are cracks in the

i always say probably my claim to fame is i have a bill that sheldon whitehouse who is one of the top climate expert and advocates for change, and mitch mcconnell were on the same bill. >> from kentucky, cole kentucky. >> because it is seen as maybe a call bill but also a pro-climate bill. so, so there's always these opportunities to find win-win in legislation. but it requires actually getting to vote. how i got that done in the end is hat in hand, my leader saying please, please, please put this in reconciliation. it willec fit. it will really help it. no one sees the debate. no one sees the collaboration that goes into that effort because we don't believe in regular order anymore. >> yes please. go ahead. thank you. >> you are talking all this immigration, border and what are the chances in reality a getting that wonderful bipartisan bill that was going to address all those issues but was killed by trump? what are the chances of them, the bill getting that come the groundwork is all late. what are the chances of getting it done in the next congress? >> well, i wasn't theirs i don't

i want to commend senator sheldon whitehouse and the attorney who sounded the alarm about prospect for years. i'm committed to working with state officials and my colleagues in the rhode island congressional delegation to clean up the mess that leonard green left behind and do our best to save fatima and roger williams and stabilize our state's health care system. but mark my words, we will not stop there. the time has come for congress to take a hard look at the consequences of private equity ownership of hospitals. rhode islanders and the american people are counting on us for action. they are going to get it. mr. speaker, four years ago last week, a violent mob attacked our nation's capitol, assaulted police officers, and threatened to kill elected officials all with the goal of blocking the results of the presidential election and denying the will of the american people. they did it because the losing candidate in that election, president trump, incited them by falsely claiming he had won. on that dark day hundreds of capitol and metropolitan police officers bravely did their duty,

jamie raskin, sheldon whitehouse in the senate. would like to see a more vociferous, more organized response. >> that explains. >> to the american people why it's so dangerous to remake the federal bureaucracy. what is wrong with, for example, ripping up the temporary protective status that allows hundreds of thousands of people to stay in this country legally, who he is now threatening to throw out and as you said, die. it's not just die. it's not just some newfangled theory of inclusion. he went back to the 1965 civil. rights based executive order of lyndon johnson. which obligated the government to hire contractors who do not discriminate. he is trying to resegregate the american society and the federal government in particular, which, as you know, has really been one of the backbones of the black middle class in the united states. he is going after people because they're black. he wants people to snitch on others who he suspects. of hiring dei candidates. what does that mean? hiring blacks, hiring women because he doesn't think

so you have someone like senator sheldon whitehouse calling hearings of the senate budget committee, which i appeared before in december, with great concern around this increase in nonrenewable's. insurance is an annual contract. private insurers reassess their risk on a regular basis with fantastic data and sophisticated models point they are extremely nimble as you alluded to earlier, the built environment simply isn't nimble. it is in harms way and it's not easy to adjust and so we need to think of this more holistically at every level of government about addressing these risks. >> thank you so much, so when i turned to on this issue, who has made this sort of his life's work and has been a huge resource for me thinking through these issues. thank you very much, i appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> coming up, with less than two weeks until donald trump is sworn in, are we ever going to learn the full story of what the special counsel uncovered? i don't know. that's next. that's next. ...in montana ...with horses let's take a look at those scenarios. j.p. morgan wealth mana

i say probably my claim to fame is i have a bill that sheldon whitehouse who is one of the top climate experts and advocates for change and mitch mcconnell were on the same bill. >> from kentucky. coal kentucky. >> it was seen as maybe a pro coal bill but also a pro climate bill. there are always opportunities to find win-wins in legislation. but it requires you actually getting to get a vote. and how i got that done in the end was with hat in hand, leaders saying please, please put this in reconciliation. it will fit. it will really help me. no one sees the debate. no one sees the collaboration that goes into that effort because we don't believe in regular order anymore. >> go ahead. thank you. >> you are talking about all this immigration, the border. what are chances in reality of getting wonderful bipartisan bill that was going to address the issues but was killed by trump? what are chances of them getting that? the groundwork is laid. it will address issues. what are chances of getting that done in the next congress? >> well i wasn't there so i don't think that bill was as wonderf

democratic senator sheldon whitehouse posted. now, he tells us president biden speaks out against dark money for climate action and for scotus term limits. i pressed for years for this speech, he added. that was a great speech. had that speech launched the reelection campaign, we would have won. had that speech launched his presidency, we would have saved america. now we fight on. he may be right. and it raises the question, why make this address now? i mean, was it political malpractice to save his best material, his most progressive positions yet for his goodbye address? are these warnings also new to biden, brought on only by the billionaires and tech tycoons circling mar-a-lago and trump's white house and getting ready to take the country over? or was it impossible to talk about the oligarchy and the tech industrial complex early in his presidency because of all the power they also have over the democratic party as well? these are questions that democrats and other political watchers are left to examine as we say goodbye to j

sheldon whitehouse wrote a report investigating what happened during the fbi background check of brettd during that, he noted that while the trump administration was publicly saying that the fbi had been instructed to conduct a thorough background check behind the scenes, the trump white house was instructing the fbi to do exactly the opposite. white house has a 30 to 40 page report delineating everything that happened during that period. and i would submit to you that the senate has to get its own house in order if it's going to exert its advice and consent powers in a meaningful way, they have to figure out how to do a sufficient, responsible, thorough and get informed background check that doesn't subject people who are accusing folks of sexual misconduct, harassment, or even assault of this sort of last minute barrage and fusillade of questions that destroys people's lives. we've already undergone this with christine blasey ford. we have had the experience of anita hill, folks like samantha hegseth, if she has something interesting and important to say, or the accuser and the monte