Heartland Institute Responds to U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Demand for Information on Its Climate Work and Influence
By James Taylor
Published September 18, 2025
Democratic Senator from Rhode Island demands all correspondence from Heartland with Trump administration concerning recission of the Endangerment Finding by EPA
Heartland President James Taylor responds by demanding Sheldon Whitehouse acknowledge energy and climate positions he has promoted that benefit his many corporate political donors
Heartland also demands to know of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: “Have you ever chosen to be a long-term member of any social club that was NOT Whites Only?”
Sen. Whitehouse in 2023 led the opposition to an amendment that would have denounced a statement calling Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas a “house slave” on the House Senate Judiciary Committee
SCHAUMBURG, IL (September 18, 2015) — The Heartland Institute received a letter on September 16, 2025 from U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). He wrote Heartland “to better understand [The Heartland Institute’s] role in the proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rescission of the 2009 endangerment finding.” Sen. Whitehouse is not a stranger to Heartland with these kinds of letters from Democratic members of Congress.
https://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-institute-responds-to-u-s-sen-sheldon-whitehouse-demand-for-information-on-its-climate-work-and-influence/
