Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I just want your assurance that you will not be a part of or party to any Fifth Column within Social Security."

"I simply want to make--let me start by defining my terms. You know what a Fifth Column is?"

"It is important to support the ability of retirement plans to honor commitments made to working Americans."

"I think to prevent that we need to have a strong focus on requiring countries with whom we have trade relationships to meet elementary standards of upland waste disposal responsibility."