Sheldon Whitehouse
Democrat · Senator for Rhode Island
103 sponsored · 451 cosponsored
In the Senate since 2007
Age 71
Contact their office: (202) 224-2921 · 530 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 · Official website
Of the bills they sponsored: 1 passed one chamber and waits on the other, 4 were resolutions that are finished, 3 cleared committee and wait for a first vote, 90 are in committee, and 5 have only been introduced.
The paragraph under each bill and the scores beside it were written by an AI model from the bill's text; the rest is the record.
Passed one chamber, waiting for the other to take it up1 billPassed one chamber, and the other has not yet sent it to a committee or put it on its calendar.
Adopted4 billsThe chamber formally agreed to it, and for a resolution that is the finish line: what it says is now officially the chamber's position, rule or tribute.
- A resolution recognizing January 2026 as "National Mentoring Month".
- A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of September 20 through September 27, 2025, as "National Estuaries Week".
- A resolution designating June 10, 2025, as "DACOR Bacon House Bicentennial Day".
- A resolution recognizing January 2025 as "National Mentoring Month".
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote3 billsA committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
- REPO Implementation Act of 2025
- Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
- A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Air Plan Approval; Florida; Revisions to Stationary Sources-Removal of Clean Air Interstate Rule Provisions".
In committee90 billsIntroduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
- End Tax Breaks for Dark Money Act
- Domestic Violence SAFE Notice Act
- Affordable Housing Construction Act
- Supreme Court Review Act of 2026
- A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to exclude from eligibility each sub-Saharan African country that does not effectively enforce its environmental laws and fulfill its international environmental obligations.
- A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of September 19 through September 26, 2026, as "National Estuaries Week".
- Environmental Health Restoration Act of 2026
- Pay PCPs Act of 2026
- Fairness in Foreign Filing Act
- Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act of 2026
Introduced, nothing more yet5 billsFormally proposed, and not yet handed to a committee.
- A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Modification to the Start of the Submission Period for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Reporting and Recordkeeping Under TSCA 8(a)(7)".
- A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units: Final Repeal".
- A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Fair Credit Reporting Act; Preemption of State Laws".
- A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Air Plan Approval; South Dakota; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period".
- A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Emissions Budget and Allowance Allocations for Indiana Under the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update".