Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I am actually not an opponent of earmarks, I am a great fan of my senior Senator, Jack Reed."

"One of the flaws in the stimulus program that we put together and passed in the depths of the recession was that our rush for shovel-ready projects meant the only ones we could get into the pipe were ..."

"from the political perspective, if you are a lobbyist for a big special interest and you go to the Appropriations Committee to get some special deal for your client, you have got to fight for that eve..."

"The Department that Attorney General Holder inherited was in a very grave state of disarray."