Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"As we prepared it, we asked the Government Accountability Office for a report on the adaptation efforts by the Federal Government within our natural resource agencies."

"The acronym is the SAFE Act, which stands for Safeguarding America's Future and the Environment."

"As the Senator from Maryland and me representing Rhode Island, coastal resiliency is something we have to pay a lot of attention to."

"America's natural resources--our rivers and bays, our forests and marshes, our fish and animals--are our birthright and our legacy."