Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"What I would urge to you as a matter of policy is that you should put as much attention and resources as you can into the leadership States."

"put the support at the front. As I said, let the lead dogs run faster and the whole pack will move faster."

"For individuals with high health care needs, this provision provides critically important financial protections that were not widely available in the individual market, prior to enactment of the law."

"We also want to enable negotiations so that that market power can be brought through to the benefit of the consumers."