Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I would just like to ask you if you would be willing to work with me, and I know Senator Wyden is interested in this on the Finance Committee as well, in a general look at how to do cliff smoothing."

"These cliffs, I think, are really hard for people that get caught by surprise by them, and they are also, it seems to me, pretty terrible just public policy."

"As most viewers will understand, the Budget Committee has very specific responsibilities related to the actual budget process."

"The program's financing gap can be more than fully addressed without cutting benefits."