Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"there is more here than just an injustice to the consumer. There is a real blow to the Constitution"

"I hope very much that you will work with me and my office in trying to identify ways for these very small dams on very small rivers that the application process, the information that is required and a..."

"You do not want to vindicate your ire at the deplorable conduct of these patent trolls at the expense of getting a bill through the Senate."

"It is not any of your desire, as I understand it, to roll over the garage inventor who has a legitimate claim but no resources, really, to defend it with."