Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"Let's get these rotten old pipes replaced."

"I am keen to work with members of this committee to try as best we can to define and refine our response to the earmark rule."

"I have two observations in closing. One is in sympathy with Senator Rounds and the elk having to rot where they are shot."

"We are a terrestrial species, but we get a lot from the oceans in terms of cooling of the planet, oxygenation of the atmosphere, fish that we eat, and the place I think we might be hitting our ecosyst..."