Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"We shouldn't have to wait around for that."

"We have seen a rather unseemly spectacle recently which was a member of the Cabinet telling a Senator that they would be punished in grants and in programs in their home State for voting the wrong way..."

"I hope that we can get assurances from you that in your administration of highway grants, you will protect the integrity of the process and not allow political calls to be made and political threats t..."

"I just want to see it more of a national model."