Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I think there is a persistent effort to limit our effort to support wildlife and hold off the great extinction to only what can be monetized."

"The oceans have been estimated to be absorbing 14 zeta joules of heat every year, multiple Hiroshima level explosions worth of heat per second happening in the oceans."

"Thank you very much for being here, Director."

"I personally regret that Senator Braun has chosen to term limit himself because I really value him as a colleague."