Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"Warnings abound of what rising seas, droughts, floods and wildfires will do to American families and businesses, and to our economy."

"Let's not pretend that economic shocks don't affect the budget."

"I think I tried to explain in my questioning to Mr. Andersen, that it can endanger entire communities and create a downward spiral that's difficult to emerge from."

"The way that I have described this is that climate change causes weather anomalies, and those anomalies make events harder to predict."