Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I cannot think of an area in my personal life where I would refuse to act until 100 percent certainty was achieved."

"I think if we do not take action the judgment of history will be extremely harsh."

"There was a book called Merchants of Doubt written about the public relations and propaganda effort to raise doubt in order to create political maneuvering room for these industries."

"I hope that you do not take away from this particular room any new doubts about the quality of the science that supports, I think, highly legitimate concerns about climate change."