Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"If a State wished to step in, it could engage under these rules to reduce carbon in ways beyond simply what including plants could do."

"This has been a very useful discussion. I thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member for holding it."

"Did you mean to imply that, or am I reading that wrong?"

"Well, thank you very much. I am afraid in the same way that concern about the debt seems to vanish in front of the tax benefits for special interests, concern about properly operating markets is going..."