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Public disputes concerning energy supply, infrastructure, prices, regulation and the transition between energy sources.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
3 statements on this page. Dates: December 22, 2025 to April 9, 2026
3 matching statements. Dates: December 22, 2025 to April 9, 2026
3 published statements. Dates: December 22, 2025 to April 9, 2026
3 published statements. Dates: December 22, 2025 to April 9, 2026
3 statements on this page. Dates: December 22, 2025 to April 9, 2026
Role at the time: U.S. Senator, Ranking Member, Committee on Environment and Public Works
Statement summary
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, in a letter opening a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee investigation, cited Justice Department and GAO precedent to argue the Judgment Fund was not legally available to pay TotalEnergies because there was no imminent litigation to settle.
“it is black letter law that the government may not use the Fund to pay Total”
Letter from the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee opening an investigation into the TotalEnergies settlement's compliance with the Judgment Fund Act.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Whitehouse concludes the payment was legally unavailable under the Judgment Fund Act, applying GAO and DOJ Office of Legal Counsel precedent to the facts of the TotalEnergies deal and rejecting its legality.
Role at the time: U.S. senator from Rhode Island and ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Response to this claim
Sheldon Whitehouse characterized the national-security rationale for the December offshore-wind stop-work orders as a pretext.
“The new pretext was national security risks that had supposedly emerged in the previous thirty days.”
Whitehouse's prepared remarks criticized both Revolution Wind halts, disputed the national-security justification and explained his pause in permitting-reform negotiations.
Whitehouse denounces the stop-work orders as unjustified attacks and disputes their stated rationale, so the statement condemns the action.
Role at the time: U.S. senator from Rhode Island
Statement summary
Sheldon Whitehouse calls the December halt vindictive harassment and questions its national-security rationale.
“This looks more like the kind of vindictive harassment we have come to expect from the Trump administration than anything legitimate.”
Whitehouse responded to the second federal order stopping Revolution Wind construction.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)The statement criticizes the federal construction halt affecting Revolution Wind.
