Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"Submitted by Hon. Sheldon Whitehouse, a U.S. Senator From Rhode Island"

"You are truly telling me that you are not going to answer this question, I should go knock on a different door in the same administration?"

"So I want to be able to call up your legislative staff later on and say, actually, the Secretary agreed to give us this in the hearing."

"trade wars are not good; they are very damaging. And for the State of Washington, they are very very damaging."