Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

I don't think they get past the laugh test, frankly.

If something is going to change, we in Congress have to change it. We need to do it now and we need to do it in a way that sticks.

Those of us who have been watching this thing for a while have seen this number move.

Now the model is Thelma and Louise, and we are all in the car, and the cliff is right in front of us.