Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"We are concerned about the debt having gone from $10 trillion to $20 trillion."

"Because you do recognize that if you count the growth here in the budget and then you count it again in your tax proposal, that is a double count."

"So your testimony here is that you are not assuming any growth from tax revenues as a result of increased economic activity in reaching the deficit neutrality."

"I hope that we can look forward to a day when we can have a sober and sensible discussion about that here in Congress."