A 100-1 payback every year on their “investments” in politics is about what Big Oil has gotten used to. Remember, their spending on Republicans helps the fossil fuel industry protect an annual subsidy now pegged at $760 billion.
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Climate change is intensifying droughts across the country.

Sheldon Whitehouse holds a hearing to examine how droughts are increasing consumer prices, devastating local economies, and costing the federal budget.

Climateflation strikes again.

Climate change is threatening military bases around the country—including in Norfolk, VA—and it’s costing the federal government.

“For people to deny those facts is a complete disconnect from reality.” - @ MarkWarner

MAGA Rs pretend to care about the national debt, but according to the nonpartisan U.S. CBO, their plan to expand Trump's billionaire tax cuts would add $4.6 TRILLION to the deficit.

All they really care about is delivering for their billionaire friends. budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsr…

Around the world, climate change is destabilizing entire regions, stoking conflicts over increasingly scarce resources, driving impoverishment and migration, and creating new tensions in geopolitically sensitive areas.

That all comes home to roost in America’s budget.

Our military is routinely on the front lines of climate-related hazards.

WATCH: Erin Sikorsky details how investments in climate resilience and adaptation are investments in U.S. national security.

To protect our national security, military installations must be resilient to the impacts of climate change.

LIVE: Rick Dwyer from the Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance on how rising sea levels threaten military bases.

Climate change is already a threat to our national security—and our defense budget.

“Business as usual is not a viable option,” testifies Retired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn.

Climate change is causing environmental damage that affects global stability, our national security, and our long-term fiscal health.

Tune in as Sheldon Whitehouse delivers his opening remarks.

2/2 Senate Budget Committee Committee Hearing: Senator Whitehouse on the enormous threat of climate change to national security. First #Climate hearing in May! Sheldon Whitehouse budget.senate.gov/hearings/budge…

According to the Congressional Budget Office, extending Trump’s Tax Scam would cost $4.6 TRILLION. That’s over $1.1 trillion more than previously estimated.

We can’t afford to let wealthy corporations continue lining their pockets at our expense.

Climate change imposes billions in direct and indirect costs to the national security budget each year.

Sheldon Whitehouse holds a hearing to examine how climate change is straining our defense readiness, damaging military infrastructure, and threatening our national security.