Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I think OMB was the political fixer for the Administration in the agency regulatory process in the past."

"The Union of Concerned Scientists pointing out systematic interference with EPA scientists, 60 percent of them indicating that they had been interfered with in their work for political purposes."

"Rhode Island, as the Ocean State, has a long tradition of environmental stewardship."

"My information is that dispute does not extend to EPA. I think that the career people know pretty well what has happened to them in the last 8 years."