---
type: Person
title: "Sheldon Whitehouse"
description: "U.S. Senate - RI — State of Rhode Island"
role: "U.S. Senate - RI"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "RI"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - Health Care"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Intellectual Property"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - the Constitution"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control"
    role: "chair"
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tenure:
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  current: true
election:
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  - field: jurisdiction
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  - field: roles
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confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ri]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Sheldon Whitehouse

Current U.S. Senate - RI (State of Rhode Island).

## Committees

- [Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe](/us/bodies/joint/committees/commission-on-security-and-cooperation-in-europe.md)
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/chemical-safety-waste-management-environmental-justice-and-regulatory-oversight.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/clean-air-climate-and-nuclear-innovation-and-safety.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/fisheries-wildlife-and-water.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Transportation and Infrastructure](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/transportation-and-infrastructure.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Finance](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Health Care](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/health-care.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance - International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/international-trade-customs-and-global-competitiveness.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Taxation and IRS Oversight](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/taxation-and-irs-oversight.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Budget](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-budget.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Border Security and Immigration](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/border-security-and-immigration.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/federal-courts-oversight-agency-action-and-federal-rights.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Intellectual Property](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/intellectual-property.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - the Constitution](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-constitution.md)
- [United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control](/us/bodies/senate/committees/united-states-senate-caucus-on-international-narcotics-control.md) — **chair**

## Sources

- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).