Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"We also want to enable negotiations so that that market power can be brought through to the benefit of the consumers."

"The Mercury and Air Toxics Standard set long-overdue standards on mercury, arsenic, chromium, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and other dangerous air pollutants."

"What I would urge to you as a matter of policy is that you should put as much attention and resources as you can into the leadership States."

"For individuals with high health care needs, this provision provides critically important financial protections that were not widely available in the individual market, prior to enactment of the law."