Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"But you are comfortable that the EPA's current statutory authority allows it to consider these kinds of harms in its analysis of what parts of the environment need to be protected."

"How about the Clean Air Act?"

"We also put forth a bill co-sponsored by Chairman Leahy of the Judiciary Committee to reverse the limitation on punitive damages."

"the legislation that you put forth today for an independent commission will help us along the way in that regard."