Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I think if the person is an appointee of the chief judge of the Court or the Chief Justice of the United States, they risk becoming the pet lawyer of that individual."

"As cochairs of the Senate Oceans Caucus, Senator Murkowski and I express bipartisan support for the four pending international fisheries management treaties."

"So as far as you are concerned, nothing was withheld from you."

"I think there is pretty broad agreement that that is a good idea."