Sen. Whitehouse Says Bankrupt Families Shouldn't Have To Worry About Additional Medical Bills

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) says the government is asking enough of families forced into bankruptcy and that if they are filing because of U.S. health insurance policies, they shouldn't have to worry about paying additional medical bills.
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Sen. Whitehouse Says Sotomayor Confirmation Will Be Historic

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) speaks at a rally in support of the confimration Judge Sonia Sotomayor. "Let us hope that as history looks back on this day it notes the historic occasion of the confirmation of Justice Sotomayor and not the Republicans' strange and strained efforts to impose right-wing political orthodoxy on our courts and judges," Whitehouse says. (0:19)
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FBI agent: OLC lied On Use Of Torture

Chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts Sheldon Whitehouse asks former FBI agent Ali Soufan if what the OLC has claimed happened with the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah in 2005 was an accurate account of the events. Ali Soufan rejects the account of the OLC. (0:46)
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), These Stories Are Tragic

Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, Talk Radio news

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), says that we had started to become comfortable with 46 million uninsured, but 86.7 million, uninsured at least part of the year reminds us that "these stories are tragic."
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Senator supports Attorney General nominee Holder's confirmation

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) supports Attorney General nominee Eric Holder's confirmation, noting the importance of a well managed Department of Justice and stressed Holder's ability to bring needed changes (0:53).
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