Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

Thanks very much, Chairman, and thank you for yours and Ranking Member Murray's continued initiative and effort in this area.

Are there any activities that you can identify, any at all, that were exempt from permitting requirements before this final rule?

Madam Secretary, is it a novelty for there to be lively, even intense disagreements, in the internal agency deliberations?

The conversation on this has been largely preposterous.