Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"The Clean Water Act and clean water regulation has, for always since back when it was a common law doctrine and through the establishment by Congress of the Clean Water Act and through the EPA's admin..."

"Contrary to what my Republican colleagues claim, this rule is good economic news in Rhode Island and probably across the Country."

"Once again we are here to consider a Republican attack against environmental protection. It is becoming a recurring theme."

"The so-called Federal Water Quality Protection Act, an ironic name if there ever was one, would prohibit EPA from finalizing any change to its regulations."