Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"What we have here is the latest information from our Coastal Resources Management Council about sea level rise happening along our coasts."

"If you had a responsible program, you would get 5 times as much done rather than waiting around for it to fail."

"So it is a really serious issue for Rhode Island and I think other coastal States to address the problem of the new pressures on our coasts of storms and seas."

"I do think that there is a role for TIFIA and its water cousin, WIFIA, in such a bill."