Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"Why is it that for something that is so complicated and so dangerous as this offshore drilling that the similar level of mandatoriness that you and I have to face with the electrical inspector in our ..."

"I think your evidence shows that no matter where you go, whales that feed at the top of the food chain carry enormous loads of toxins in their bodies, even in the farthest corners of the globe."

"We were told something like this cannot happen. It did."

"I think that anybody who really believes that should go tell that to the tourist economy of Florida."