Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I think we have a really significant opportunity to pass a significant piece of legislation."

"This is a bipartisan issue. It's about doing it right versus doing it wrong, doing it stupid versus doing it smart, and we ought to be able to work together on it."

"There's a role for government in protecting against some of the abuses that are possible here."

"It's really important that we solve the question of ownership of this data."