Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"You can argue up and down about climate, but you cannot argue about acidification."

"I have absolutely no desire to stop the hearing. I would like to have this be a full, thorough airing of the issues raised by this legislation."

"The oceans are warming, and that really affects our fishermen."

"If you asked the national labs, none of them have any doubt that climate change is real and it is happening."