Sheldon Whitehouse

Liberal

Democrat

Senator

Rhode Island

Current Position: Senator from Rhode Island

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

For protecting and expanding Social Security and Medicare benefits, including legislation to ensure long-term solvency by requiring high earners to pay their fair share, and opposing any Republican efforts to cut or reduce these programs
For increased infrastructure investment, including having championed the INFRA Program funding for Rhode Island projects and helped develop the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to rebuild highways, bridges, water systems, and EV charging infrastructure

For restoring fairness to the tax code, protecting unions, expanding homeownership access, and ensuring equal pay for women

For expanding access to affordable health care, including having introduced a public insurance option during the ACA debate, defending the Affordable Care Act and Inflation Reduction Act, capping insulin costs for seniors at $35, and allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices
For the PACT Act expanding health benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances during service

For increasing Pell Grants and reducing student debt to make higher education more affordable

For aggressive action to fight climate change, including authoring legislation to put a price on carbon pollution, shaping clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, and founding the Senate Oceans Caucus to protect coastal resources
For legislation to claw back excess fossil fuel profits from oil companies to benefit consumers

For abortion rights; supports codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law, opposes a nationwide abortion ban, and supports protecting access to IVF

For campaign finance reform; supports disclosure laws to undo the Citizens United decision and reduce dark money influence in government and courts
For imposing a binding code of ethics, term limits for justices, and transparency in judicial lobbying at the Supreme Court
For legislation to protect voting rights

For comprehensive immigration reform including a path for undocumented workers to become law-abiding, tax-paying residents, combined with effective and humane border security

For combating the opioid epidemic through his bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, supporting partnerships between law enforcement and behavioral health, and expanding access to addiction medication and overdose prevention kits
For commonsense gun safety laws
For criminal justice system reforms and legislation to better support law enforcement officers
For gun safety measures including universal background checks and reinstating a ban on military-style assault weapons
For transparency measures to prevent criminals and foreign enemies from hiding illicit money in the U.S. as a national security measure