Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"But their abuse poses a serious and growing threat to our communities and young people."

"The information that we have from the Internal Revenue Service is that the top 400 tax income earners in the country from the last time the IRS did this calculation, they earned, on average, a little ..."

"It seems to me, Secretary Reich, you mentioned the failure of the United States to maintain the traditional, progressive tax structure."

"The point you are making, and I agree with it entirely, is that if you look at all of the taxes, who pays, where the wealth is, our system is not only regressive but it is getting more and more regres..."