Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"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..."

"The consequences of failing to do that are manifold. There are national security consequences, economic consequences, jobs consequences, quality of life consequences, environmental consequences, and t..."

"Should we also be thinking about pursuing a similar disaggregation so that the conservation portion of a utilities portfolio actually has to be separate?"

"The technology isn't here for some of these technologies because we have not met the market in the incentives and investment for their development."