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August 30, 2016

Reed, Whitehouse Raise Concerns About Mylan’s EpiPen Price Hike and Expanded Patient Assistance Program

WASHINGTON, DC — In a letter sent today to the CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with 18 of their Senate colleagues, expressed their serious concerns about the company’s significant price hikes for... Continue Reading

August 9, 2016

Whitehouse, Schatz Call Out ExxonMobil for Continuing to Fund Effort to Block Climate Action

Exxon’s lobbying presence on Capitol Hill belies position on carbon fee legislation, Senators write Continue Reading

July 22, 2016

Senators Hit Back in Letter to Denial Front Groups

Washington, D.C. – Responding to a letter by 22 organizations with strong ties to the Koch network and lengthy records of misleading the public about the scientific consensus surrounding climate change, Senators Harry Reid (D-NV), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sheldon Whitehouse... Continue Reading

July 15, 2016

Senators Call Out Web of Denial Blocking Action on Climate Change

Washington, D.C. – Throughout the week on the Senate floor, Senate Democrats called out various trade associations, foundations, and organizations for perpetrating a sprawling web of misdirection and disinformation to block action on climate change.  The Senators’ remarks detailed the... Continue Reading

June 30, 2016

Reed, Whitehouse Join Senators in Urging Senate Leadership to Support Funding for Gun Violence Prevention Research, Remove Anti-Gun Safety Riders from Appropriations Legislation

Washington, DC – As the Senate considers Fiscal Year 2017 appropriations legislation, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and 20 other U.S. Senators in urging Senate leadership to remove from appropriations legislation any... Continue Reading

June 23, 2016

With the NRA Blocking Meaningful Gun Reform, Senate Dems Call for Vote and Passage of #WetthePeople Legislation to Break NRA’s Grip on Elections, Senate Republicans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following Senate Republicans blockade of commonsense legislation to keep guns out of the hands of suspected terrorists and expand background checks and House Republican leadership’s refusal to even schedule a vote on such bills, Senators Charles Schumer,... Continue Reading

June 16, 2016

Cantwell Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Coal Companies’ Risky Business Practices

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced the Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act. The bill would protect taxpayers from liabilities caused by coal companies’ risky financial practices.... Continue Reading

November 5, 2015

Sen. Whitehouse Continues Focus on Campaign Finance Abuses by Nonprofit Groups

Washington, DC – Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Stuart F. Delery to be the Associate Attorney General of the United States.  When questioning Delery, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) brought up a topic... Continue Reading

July 15, 2015

Sen. Whitehouse Urges DOJ to Take Action on Dark Money

Washington, DC – In a letter sent today to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to crack down on “a pattern of open and notorious abuses” in our nation’s campaign... Continue Reading

April 2, 2015

Senators Urging Administration to Require Government Contractors to Disclose Political Spending

Washington, DC – Today, on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s McCutcheon decision that further eroded the nation’s campaign finance laws, a group of U.S. Senators are sending a letter asking the Obama Administration to implement an executive order... Continue Reading

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August 5, 2016

What Phony Op-Eds About Climate Change Have In Common

BEGINNING IN 1999, the Department of Justice pursued (and ultimately won) a civil lawsuit against several major tobacco companies. By denying the negative health effects of tobacco, the suit alleged, the industry was engaging in fraud. Today, researchers often compare the fossil fuel industry’s support... Continue Reading

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