Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."
U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse "rewarded Wall Street executives with millions in bonuses."
A poll conducted in Egypt revealed that 80 percent of Egyptians oppose receiving foreign aid from the United States.
"Thirty percent of [Sheldon Whitehouse' campaign] money is coming from special interests."
President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt."
President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
The "Buffett rule" "raises virtually no money, maybe a day and a half of our borrowing per year."
"More than 27,000 Rhode Island jobs depend on trade with Canada."
"Sheldon Whitehouse's failure of leadership, the adding of almost $8 trillion in debt in his first full term, is shameful..."
"There's no money in Social Security."
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