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 ..."

"the legislation that you put forth today for an independent commission will help us along the way in that regard."

"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."