Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"We have been a day late and a dollar short consistently with our response to the Syrian crisis."

"But, it is also true that Rhode Island, when they talked about a waiver, it actually gave them more money, not less money, whereas what we are seeing about in Federal policy to change Medicaid, we are..."

"if we do not do something, we are still going to pay for it, we are just going to pay for it in really terrible ways"

"Mr. Chairman, as Rhode Islander present, we basically got paid to have a waiver, because I think the administration at the time wanted to encourage waivers, so they baited this one to get Rhode Island..."