Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"The attack on Medicare also overlooks the most basic fact of healthcare, which is that all healthcare costs are skyrocketing, irrespective of who the insurer is."

"the Affordable Care Act provided very significant tools to States to improve the quality of care and to save money."

"The House of Representatives recently passed a Republican budget which proposes privatizing Medicare and requiring seniors to pay the majority of their health expenses with their own money."

"Let me be very clear. Social Security has paid out every dime owed to all eligible Americans without contributing a thing to the Federal deficit or debt."