Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

Let's not pretend that economic shocks don't affect the budget.

It can endanger entire communities and create a downward spiral that's difficult to emerge from.

What we do here now will not just have impacts for thousands of years, it will be remembered for thousands of years.

I do not want to have to say, 'No, no, no, that step up and match us is only true when we are telling you you have to match us.'