Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"if you tax things that are, quote, ``bad,'' that means you have more revenue which you can then use to reduce the taxes on things that are good."

"I am sorry that that combination of features no longer seems possible in Washington."

"Let me say for the record that I know EPA employees and I have known EPA employees over the years, and the effort to tar all EPA employees with the misconduct of one criminal I think is reprehensible."

"Your Tier 3 motor vehicle rule, for instance, will prevent as many as 2,000 premature deaths and 30,000 respiratory illnesses in children every year."