Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"Thank you, Senator Whitehouse, for giving us this opportunity to testify today."

"Unfortunately, these efforts proved fruitless."

"It strikes me that in light of our existing incentives, that is sort of a self-fulfilling proposition."

"I don't believe that our present status quo is some ideal state of nature from which any variation is an anomaly or an interference. The status quo right now is riddled with Government hand on the lev..."