Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

I think that the theory that the executive branch can't act or decide or respond to reality until Congress has directed it to is a mistake.

It is textbook science, it is not a theory in that sense. It is fully established and virtually unchallenged.

The amount of carbon pollution that mankind has released into the atmosphere is not a theory, it is a fact.

it reinforces how vital Social Security and Medicare are to our safety net and to assuring that Americans have a decent standard of living i...