Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I was down in Florida not too long ago touring the coasts, where climate change is really undeniable, sea level rise is something you measure with the equivalent of a yardstick."

"Young Republican voters under the age of 35 think that climate denial is, and these are the poll's words, not mine, ignorant, out of touch or crazy."

"A recent Washington Post ABC news poll found that 70 percent of other public supports Federal standards to limit carbon pollution."

"If there is that kind of benefit, it would seem to be reasonable that we could find a way, through the politics of this body, to deliver some of that benefit back to the States of West Virginia and Wy..."