WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan CODEL McCain Calls for Increased Interdiction of Russia's Shadow Fleet * Munich, Germany - The members of CODEL McCain, a bipartisan Senate delegation to the Munich Security Conference led by U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), today unanimously released the following statement: "Our bipartisan delegation to the Munich Security Conference strong  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by Matt Odermann, past president of the North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association, on behalf of the National Rural Water Association, from a Feb. 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges to Protect America's Water Infrastructure": * * * Good Morning, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, Senator Cramer, and Members of the Committee. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening remarks from a Feb. 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges to Protect America's Water Infrastructure": * * * Thank you, Chair Capito, for convening us on another important topic and to the witnesses for taking time to be here. Cybercrime and cyberwarfare are realities of the 21st century and   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Washington University in St. Louis George Warren Brown School experts argue that proposed Trump Accounts offering up to $1,000 in federal investment seed money for children will fall short of universal participation unless automatic enrollment is adopted. Michael Sherraden, George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor and Jin Huang, Irving Louis Horowitz Professor in Social Policy at the Brown School and co-director of the Center for Social Development, said opt  more