Whitehouse, Sheldon

I'll search for information about Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to provide accurate biographical details for this profile.{"tldr": "<cite index=\"1-3\">Sheldon Whitehouse is the junior United States senator from Rhode Island</cite>, serving as <cite index=\"12-2,12-4\">Ranking Member on the powerful Senate Environment and Public Works Committee</cite>.", "summary": "<cite index=\"1-3\">Sheldon Whitehouse is the junior United States senator from Rhode Island, a seat he has held since 2007.</cite> <cite index=\"12-2,12-4\">He serves as Ranking Member on the powerful Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in the 119th Congress.</cite> <cite index=\"12-5\">The Environment and Public Works Committee has broad jurisdiction over matters related to infrastructure and environmental policy, including air and water pollution, climate change, federal highways, bridges, ports, fisheries and wildlife, nuclear energy, and water resources.</cite> As the ranking member of the minority party, Whitehouse leads Democratic opposition within the committee and shapes the party's legislative priorities on these critical issues.\n\n<cite index=\"1-1\">Whitehouse served as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1998, and as the 71st attorney general of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003.</cite> <cite index=\"23-3\">As U.S. Attorney, he prosecuted notorious organized crime figures and gangs, led public corruption investigations, and won record compensation for Rhode Islanders following the Narragansett Bay oil spill, which he made sure was dedicated to coastal conservation.</cite> <cite index=\"23-4\">As Rhode Island Attorney General, he sued lead paint manufacturers for lead poisoning widespread among Rhode Island children, and founded the Rhode Island Quality Institute to reorient the health care system toward improving care and reducing waste.</cite> <cite index=\"2-17\">He earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from Yale University and a law degree from the University of Virginia.</cite>\n\n<cite index=\"1-7\">A political progressive and climate hawk, Whitehouse became chair of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget in 2023.</cite> <cite index=\"15-3,15-4\">During his chairmanship of the Senate Budget Committee, he turned the committee into a de facto climate panel and has sought to subpoena the executives of leading oil companies and to impose a carbon tax.</cite>