Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"But unless there is a lead time on the other one, we may not avoid it."

"I think we are headed into, I think, a fiscal crisis that is going to make the current economic problem look like a picnic."

"Do we presently have an authority in government that can oversee the dynamic process of engagement?"

"the Bush administration has added nearly $8 trillion to the national debt versus where the budget was planned to go."