Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

And so, again, somebody who won, by the way, he did not win the majority of votes, one of the narrowest margins in the history of our country, a majority of people voted against him. So that argument to me is just so insufficient to justify any of the kind of behavior of Congress.

And so, again, somebody who won, by the way, he did not win the majority of votes, one of the narrowest margins in the history of our country, a majority of people voted against him. So that argument to me is just so insufficient to justify any of the kind of behavior of Congress.

And so, again, somebody who won, by the way, he did not win the majority of votes, one of the narrowest margins in the history of our country, a majority of people voted against him. So that argument to me is just so insufficient to justify any of the kind of behavior of Congress.

But if you were just talking about what your constitutional duty is, it's to provide checks and balances, provide oversight. We haven't had one hearing

But if you were just talking about what your constitutional duty is, it's to provide checks and balances, provide oversight. We haven't had one hearing

But if you were just talking about what your constitutional duty is, it's to provide checks and balances, provide oversight. We haven't had one hearing

on the outrageousness that we're seeing, whether it's Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, and what he's doing, not one oversight hearing to his gutting of Social Security Administration, to his gutting of Health and Human Services, not a hearing on his gutting of the VA, 80,000 people. No hearings whatsoever on that behavior. No hearings on the national security breach in Signalgate.

on the outrageousness that we're seeing, whether it's Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, and what he's doing, not one oversight hearing to his gutting of Social Security Administration, to his gutting of Health and Human Services, not a hearing on his gutting of the VA, 80,000 people. No hearings whatsoever on that behavior. No hearings on the national security breach in Signalgate.

on the outrageousness that we're seeing, whether it's Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, and what he's doing, not one oversight hearing to his gutting of Social Security Administration, to his gutting of Health and Human Services, not a hearing on his gutting of the VA, 80,000 people. No hearings whatsoever on that behavior. No hearings on the national security breach in Signalgate.

Not one hearing to ask the right questions we should be asking. Is this the pattern and practice of the way they've been communicating? Have they had other instances of using a commercial app to communicate classified information? I could go on and on and on. We have abdicated our constitutional obligations.

Not one hearing to ask the right questions we should be asking. Is this the pattern and practice of the way they've been communicating? Have they had other instances of using a commercial app to communicate classified information? I could go on and on and on. We have abdicated our constitutional obligations.

Not one hearing to ask the right questions we should be asking. Is this the pattern and practice of the way they've been communicating? Have they had other instances of using a commercial app to communicate classified information? I could go on and on and on. We have abdicated our constitutional obligations.

We are not just to lay down to a president, Democrat or Republican, who gets elected to that office. That's not the role. And it's unfortunate to hear him say that when he disagrees. He basically is admitting that he disagrees with this policy, but is not doing anything to create accountability for it.

We are not just to lay down to a president, Democrat or Republican, who gets elected to that office. That's not the role. And it's unfortunate to hear him say that when he disagrees. He basically is admitting that he disagrees with this policy, but is not doing anything to create accountability for it.

We are not just to lay down to a president, Democrat or Republican, who gets elected to that office. That's not the role. And it's unfortunate to hear him say that when he disagrees. He basically is admitting that he disagrees with this policy, but is not doing anything to create accountability for it.

Well, first of all, let me just give credit to the American people that were demanding of me. I had constituents coming here with awful stories of what was happening to them. And they were saying the truth. You're not doing enough. You need to do more. You need to take some risks. And so the motivation of that 25 hours were the voices of my constituents were calling for us to step up more.

Well, first of all, let me just give credit to the American people that were demanding of me. I had constituents coming here with awful stories of what was happening to them. And they were saying the truth. You're not doing enough. You need to do more. You need to take some risks. And so the motivation of that 25 hours were the voices of my constituents were calling for us to step up more.

Well, first of all, let me just give credit to the American people that were demanding of me. I had constituents coming here with awful stories of what was happening to them. And they were saying the truth. You're not doing enough. You need to do more. You need to take some risks. And so the motivation of that 25 hours were the voices of my constituents were calling for us to step up more.

And it's one of the reasons why we were so determined to center their voices now. And so this is a time that Congress is what it is. They have the majorities in the House and the Senate, but it doesn't mean that we still don't have agency and we don't have the ability to think of creative tactics and stance to make. And especially when we have

And it's one of the reasons why we were so determined to center their voices now. And so this is a time that Congress is what it is. They have the majorities in the House and the Senate, but it doesn't mean that we still don't have agency and we don't have the ability to think of creative tactics and stance to make. And especially when we have