Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I think that is an unfair thing, it is so un-optimistic about America to cloak it in those terms."

"You note in your testimony the importance of keeping up pressure on al-Qa'ida in the Federal Administered Tribal Areas."

"there is an element in this discussion of using the rules that we do pursue to enable the better angels of our nature to come forward."

"When he uses words like 'pandemonium', 'carnival', 'ignominy', 'ridiculous', 'chaos', and 'spectacle' about an organization that he loves so deeply..."