Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"Mr. Chairman, as Rhode Islander present, we basically got paid to have a waiver, because I think the administration at the time wanted to encourage waivers, so they baited this one to get Rhode Island..."

"if we do not do something, we are still going to pay for it, we are just going to pay for it in really terrible ways"

"So if we allow the corporations themselves to put these tricks and traps into their consumer contracts, we are basically giving them open season for low-dollar, high-volume fraud on consumers."

"I hope very much that you will work with me and my office in trying to identify ways for these very small dams on very small rivers that the application process, the information that is required and a..."