LegiStorm

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law - JD (1982)

• Yale University - BA (1978)

• St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.) - High school diploma (1973)

Office History

Election Results

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Rhode Island (Class 1)
  Sheldon Whitehouse, 61.44%

  Democrat
  Robert G. Flanders Jr., 38.33%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Rhode Island (Class 1)
  Sheldon Whitehouse, 64.81%

  Democrat
  Benjamin Barrett Hinckley III, 34.97%

  Republican

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Rhode Island (Class 1)
  Sheldon Whitehouse, 53.52%

  Democrat
  Lincoln Davenport Chafee, 46.48%

  Republican

Employment History

• State of Rhode Island (1999-2003)

  Attorney General

• Office of the U.S. Attorney, District of Rhode Island (1994-1998)

  U.S. Attorney

• Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (1992-1994)

  Director

• Rhode Island Office of the Governor (1992)

  Policy Director

• Rhode Island Office of the Governor (1991)

  Legal Counsel

• State of Rhode Island (1989-1990)

  Assistant Attorney General

• Office of the U.S. Attorney, District of Rhode Island (1985-1990)

  Special Assistant Attorney General

Associated Organizations

• Oceans PAC

• Rhode Island Hope PAC

• Whitehouse for Senate (Rhode Island)

Awards

• Fiscal Hero (Fix the Debt Coalition Inc.) (June 2022)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Fiscal Hero (Fix the Debt Coalition Inc.) (2020)

• Conservative Excellence Award (American Conservative Union Foundation) (April 2019)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Conservative Achievement Award (American Conservative Union) (April 2018)

• Champions of the Endangered Species Act (Animal Welfare Institute) (March 2016)

• Outstanding National Service Advocacy Award (Voices for National Service) (2015)

• Leadership Award (National Marine Sanctuary Foundation) (June 2013)

• Admiral James D. Watkins Award (Consortium for Ocean Leadership) (Oct. 2012)

• Spirit of Defenders Public Service Award (Defenders of Wildlife) (2009)

Publications

• The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court (2022)

• Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy (2017)

• On Virtues: Quotations and Insight to Live a Full, Honorable, and Truly American Life (2012)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form
• 
  Email, scheduling:
  scheduling@whitehouse.senate.gov
• 
  Email, press:
  press@whitehouse.senate.gov

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	530 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-3904
Phone:	202-224-2921
Fax:	202-228-6362

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Privately Financed Travel

1 trip taken in 2014 costing $525

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 11/11/2008: Rug from Afghanistan ($120.00)
• 5/25/2009: Rug from Pakistan ($120.00)
• 5/28/2009: Hermes silk tie from France ($170.00)

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Congressional Staff

Committees

• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
• Senate Budget Committee, Chair
• Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, Chair
• Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Fisheries, Water and Wildlife Subcommittee
• Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Subcommittee
Senate Finance Committee Health Care Subcommittee
Senate Finance Committee Taxation and IRS Oversight Subcommittee
• Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights Subcommittee
Senate Judiciary Committee Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Subcommittee
Senate Judiciary Committee Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights Subcommittee, Chair
Senate Judiciary Committee Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety Subcommittee

Caucuses

• Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change, Co-Chair
• Congressional Arthritis Caucus
• Congressional Boating Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers
• Congressional French Caucus
• Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
• Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
• Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
• Electrification Caucus
• Expand Social Security Caucus
• Friends of Portugal
• International Conservation Caucus
• International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus, Co-Chair
• Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition
• Senate Afterschool Caucus
• Senate ALS Caucus
• Senate Climate Change Task Force, Co-Chair and Founder
• Senate Cultural Caucus
• Senate Democratic Conference Committee
• Senate Democratic Hispanic Task Force
• Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis
• Senate Impact Aid Coalition
• Senate India Caucus
• Senate National Guard Caucus
• Senate Oceans Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
• Senate Small Brewers Caucus
• Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics, Honorary Co-Chair
• Voices for National Service

Fun Fact

Caught Our Eye

• Sen. Whitehouse adds environmental lobbyist in Budget Committee climate-change fight

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 13, 2023
  Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's (D-R.I.) Budget Committee has turned to a veteran environmental lobbyist to help take on the fossil-fuel industry. read more

• Environmental group adds Senate aide to policy team

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 13, 2019
  A Democratic Senate aide has headed to the environmental advocacy world. read more

• Traffic group gives green light to Senate aide

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 14, 2018
  A trade group for traffic safety has driven off with an aide to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). read more

• Trump sweeps Hill Twitter mentions during first GOP debate

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 7, 2015
  Five governors, three senators, a neurosurgeon and a former reality TV star and businessman took the stage Thursday night. read more

• U.S. women rout Japanese in World Cup final, Congress tweets

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on July 6, 2015
  Congressional staff and members tweeted cheers and disbelief as American women took to the field and scored four goals in the first 16 minutes of the women's World Cup final Sunday night, beginning with a Carli Lloyd hat trick and ending with a 5-2 win. read more

• Rep. Langevin's press aide heads to an education-focused lobbying firm

  Posted by Katie Barrows on March 21, 2014
  A Rhode Island political aide has parlayed a short-term stint as a Hill press aide into a government relations job. read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on Aug. 22, 2012
  Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and co-chair of the Senate Oceans Caucus, has hired a former member of the environmental lobby. read more

• 92 members of Congress did not file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 14, 2012
   The filings of 17 senators and 75 representatives were not available when the personal financial dislcosures were released Thursday. read more

• Posted by Daimon Eklund on Sept. 28, 2011
  Mindy Myers, the chief of staff for Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), took home a self-reported $135,000 from the winning Whitehouse for Senate campaign last year. That includes a bonus. She worked full-time on the campaign from early April to November.

• Nearly 50 members have yet to file financial disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 19, 2011
  Half of the members of Congress who received extensions to file their personal financial disclosures at the May deadline have since filed, leaving nearly 50 lawmakers who have yet to file. read more

• Many lawmakers granted financial disclosure extensions

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 15, 2011
  Twenty senators and 75 representatives requested an extension of the May deadline and did not have a 2011 personal financial disclosures in today's release. read more

• All 2010 Senate financial disclosures available at LegiStorm

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 16, 2010
  The Senate released financial disclosures for all senators today in paper format. LegiStorm has scanned them all in and put them online. read more

• Senators' personal financial disclosures released by LegiStorm

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 13, 2008
  The latest personal financial disclosures of U.S. senators are now available at LegiStorm, www.legistorm.com. read more