Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"As we try to solve a $4 trillion deficit problem, we have looked at the spending side, and we have already agreed to spending cuts of $1.7 trillion."

"the idea that a hedge fund billionaire pays a lower tax rate than a hospital orderly or a firefighter or a bricklayer, that is just--I mean, you do not need to be looking for revenue to find out that ..."

"The one place we have not looked at is tax expenditures."

"if you have big oil companies that I think have made $1 trillion in profits in the last--I think it is 5 years, if I am not mistaken, maybe it is 10--$1 trillion in profits, and they are still coming ..."