Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

You do not want to vindicate your ire at the deplorable conduct of these patent trolls at the expense of getting a bill through the Senate.

Class actions, let us remember, everyone, that class actions desegregated schools. They made workplaces fair and equal.

there is more here than just an injustice to the consumer. There is a real blow to the Constitution

All I can tell you is that for the folks in the industry who I talk to, they do not see it as a floor, they see it as a target...