Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"Contrary to what my Republican colleagues claim, this rule is good economic news in Rhode Island and probably across the Country."

"Once again we are here to consider a Republican attack against environmental protection. It is becoming a recurring theme."

"Attacks on this rule from my Republican colleagues have been extreme and seemingly based more on government conspiracy theories than on the actual rule."

"The so-called Federal Water Quality Protection Act, an ironic name if there ever was one, would prohibit EPA from finalizing any change to its regulations."