Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"There ought to be no partisan difference about honoring a patient's and a family's wishes as they near the end of life."

"I hope the committee will move on to other efforts to address cost and improve quality in our health care system."

"Did you consider setting up a risk pool rather than a reimbursement system for those individuals?"

"Payment reform so that doctors are compensated for keeping people healthy rather than starved on that front."