Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"Was your participation in the preparation for the Perry request, if we call it that, is that a fair enough description?"

"It is a very different thing to be allowed to speak after a vote has been taken than to have the opportunity to try to convince your colleagues before the vote is taken."

"It's outrageous."

"Shouldn't there be some place in government where it is clear that once a monopoly exists, and there's no doubt about that, and it's clear that monopoly rent extraction is being done, nothing related ..."