Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I think there are two. One is to raise concerns about the way in which this was done and try to get more Americans interested in the fact that we're being so badly and so unprecedentedly rolled on thi..."

"Well, that seems a little bit exaggerated. I think we followed proper regular order throughout the whole committee process."

"Specifically with respect to the U.S., there are models suggesting that should this happen, the U.S. would see a greater than 5-percent decline in GDP and millions of lost jobs."

"Rising sea levels and spreading flood plains appear likely to destroy billions of dollars in property and to displace millions of people."