Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"So a private citizen listening to this hearing can take comfort that the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee is a reputable and reliable body?"

"And does the harm tend to be cumulative?"

"I do want to, with unanimous consent of all present, put into the record a combination press release and letter issued by the ranking member of the committee, actually inviting the Republican witnesse..."

"And so the American Thoracic Society, in your view, is also reputable and reliable when it makes a recommendation like this on a matter with its expertise?"