Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"there is a quality of this just being a very seamy and disreputable side of the legislative business"

"from the political perspective, if you are a lobbyist for a big special interest and you go to the Appropriations Committee to get some special deal for your client, you have got to fight for that eve..."

"health care cost is really what is driving our long-term debt and deficits."

"One of the flaws in the stimulus program that we put together and passed in the depths of the recession was that our rush for shovel-ready projects meant the only ones we could get into the pipe were ..."