Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"A jury is not just there to be a fact-finding appendage to a court."

"Thank you both very much for being here. I know you have pressing business, and you are excused."

"We gather in a serious way for these hearings because voting to confirm an individual to the federal bench is one of the most important and lasting decisions that a Senator can make."

"Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that the jury is, before everything, a political institution."