Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...
if you have big oil companies that I think have made $1 trillion in profits in the last--I think it is 5 years, if I am not mistaken, maybe it is 10--$1 trillion in profits, and they are still coming to the American taxpayers' pockets for subsidies? There is something wrong with that whether or not you need the revenue.
Context
Condemning subsidies for profitable oil companies at taxpayers' expense.
02/12/2013