Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

I contend that America is on the losing end of the largest transfer of wealth through theft and piracy in the history of mankind.

It is textbook science, it is not a theory in that sense. It is fully established and virtually unchallenged.

I think that the theory that the executive branch can't act or decide or respond to reality until Congress has directed it to is a mistake.

I would urge you to not mimic the ostrich that puts its head in the sand and look to the facts around you.