Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Let the record show that I asked a witness who said he cherishes this program, will you agree to oppose cuts? And he would not answer a yes or no question.

Senator Kelly, what's your response to that? I think it's probably the worst 50 days of any presidency I can think of in my life. It's been pretty much a shit show since day one, since his getting sworn in in the Capitol. I was there. I didn't expect prisoners, criminals to be released after beating up police officers. My parents were both cops. I take great offense.

Senator Kelly, what's your response to that? I think it's probably the worst 50 days of any presidency I can think of in my life. It's been pretty much a shit show since day one, since his getting sworn in in the Capitol. I was there. I didn't expect prisoners, criminals to be released after beating up police officers. My parents were both cops. I take great offense.

Senator Kelly, what's your response to that? I think it's probably the worst 50 days of any presidency I can think of in my life. It's been pretty much a shit show since day one, since his getting sworn in in the Capitol. I was there. I didn't expect prisoners, criminals to be released after beating up police officers. My parents were both cops. I take great offense.

to what Donald Trump did at the beginning of the administration. And since then, it has been one bad thing after the next. The economy is now struggling, I would say, if you just look at the stock market. And I usually, Ben, I usually don't want to equate what a president does with how the markets react to this. It's generally not a good thing.

to what Donald Trump did at the beginning of the administration. And since then, it has been one bad thing after the next. The economy is now struggling, I would say, if you just look at the stock market. And I usually, Ben, I usually don't want to equate what a president does with how the markets react to this. It's generally not a good thing.

to what Donald Trump did at the beginning of the administration. And since then, it has been one bad thing after the next. The economy is now struggling, I would say, if you just look at the stock market. And I usually, Ben, I usually don't want to equate what a president does with how the markets react to this. It's generally not a good thing.

But with his tariff policy, this has been very, very harmful. It creates a tremendous amount of uncertainty. And I think he's done a rather horrible job. I can't think of what he could have done to make the first 50 days worse.

But with his tariff policy, this has been very, very harmful. It creates a tremendous amount of uncertainty. And I think he's done a rather horrible job. I can't think of what he could have done to make the first 50 days worse.

But with his tariff policy, this has been very, very harmful. It creates a tremendous amount of uncertainty. And I think he's done a rather horrible job. I can't think of what he could have done to make the first 50 days worse.

Look, we have to remember, step back for just one second. We have to remember that if Kamala Harris had won on November 5th, the stock market would be down 50%. Business climate would be a total disaster and this country would have been on a path to ruin.

Look, we have to remember, step back for just one second. We have to remember that if Kamala Harris had won on November 5th, the stock market would be down 50%. Business climate would be a total disaster and this country would have been on a path to ruin.

Look, we have to remember, step back for just one second. We have to remember that if Kamala Harris had won on November 5th, the stock market would be down 50%. Business climate would be a total disaster and this country would have been on a path to ruin.

It would have been worse. They're going with it. Yeah, it would be where this is like upside down world. Right. I mean, it's just pretty, pretty crazy. You would have had some of the policies with certainly some changes from President Biden. Some of these programs that we put in place, by the way, bipartisan.

It would have been worse. They're going with it. Yeah, it would be where this is like upside down world. Right. I mean, it's just pretty, pretty crazy. You would have had some of the policies with certainly some changes from President Biden. Some of these programs that we put in place, by the way, bipartisan.

It would have been worse. They're going with it. Yeah, it would be where this is like upside down world. Right. I mean, it's just pretty, pretty crazy. You would have had some of the policies with certainly some changes from President Biden. Some of these programs that we put in place, by the way, bipartisan.

You know, Democrats and Republicans working together on semiconductor manufacturing, the Chips and Science Act. I know Bernie Moreno wasn't here then, but he's from Ohio. His state is benefiting from a program that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris put in place, which was the Chips and Science Act. And this president, Donald Trump, said he wants to get rid of this. He wants to cancel this.

You know, Democrats and Republicans working together on semiconductor manufacturing, the Chips and Science Act. I know Bernie Moreno wasn't here then, but he's from Ohio. His state is benefiting from a program that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris put in place, which was the Chips and Science Act. And this president, Donald Trump, said he wants to get rid of this. He wants to cancel this.

You know, Democrats and Republicans working together on semiconductor manufacturing, the Chips and Science Act. I know Bernie Moreno wasn't here then, but he's from Ohio. His state is benefiting from a program that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris put in place, which was the Chips and Science Act. And this president, Donald Trump, said he wants to get rid of this. He wants to cancel this.

He wants to replace it with more tariffs. And how is his tariffs working out for the American people? It's raising costs. It's creating tremendous uncertainty. And he can't even get his tariff plan right. I mean, it's one thing to have a shitty tariff plan. It's another to not even be consistent with your crappy plan. And that's what we see going on here.