Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"At the end of the day their point is taking care of the billionaires in big corporations, the rest is smoke and mirrors."

"Right now, a government shutdown looms because house Republicans are once again trying to make the tax system even less fair to give more freebies to big business and billionaires."

"It will cost billions and add to the deficit if they succeed at shutting the government down."

"Economic inequality not only is an injustice in and of itself, but it actually impedes economic growth."