Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I would like to acknowledge, as well, the commitment of Chairman Leahy, who last year shepherded the Violence Against Women Act through this Committee and into law."

"We have some very old infrastructure. In my lifetime, we were still pulling out wooden water piping."

"I am pleased to be an original co-sponsor of the bill and hope to see more practical and bipartisan legislation to protect the environment and manage the ever-worsening problem of climate change."

"I do it for pure economics. I am worried about economic growth in the United States and the creation of jobs, output and employment. If you tax people who work, you are going to get less people workin..."