Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"The person in the house was actually the best person to buy the house, and yet the bank insisted on throwing them out."

"Rhode Island has been hit very hard by foreclosures, and the frustration is that in many cases those foreclosures should not have happened."

"In some cases, the foreclosure, frankly, should not have happened just as a matter of decency."

"I encourage the committee to approve this important and bipartisan bill."