Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I think that one of the reasons our system was designed the way it was with the jury system there to protect individuals is because the experience of the Founding Fathers was that the Governors could ..."

"We expect judges not to prejudge any case but to listen to every party fairly that comes before them."

"I would love to be able to work with my colleagues on that Committee to try to reduce some of the dead hands reaching from the past that were based in a political defeat for somebody"

"And we need to turn that upside down so that it is most convenient for the public to get this information."