Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"we are outside boundaries of carbon concentration in our atmosphere that have persisted for somewhere between 800,000 and many millions of years."

"it is also true that warmer oceans and warmer air carry more moisture and therefore can lead to more severe precipitation."

"we do know that warmer oceans create stronger storms because of the extra heat that is thrown up into the atmosphere off the warmer oceans."

"Let me ask if any of the other witnesses would care to respond to those charts and that data?"