Inhofe, who has previously stated he thinks climate change is " laughable " and a " hoax ," blocked a Senate resolution acknowledging climate change is real on Tuesday. As ThinkProgress points out , that's when Whitehouse jumped in to give Inhofe a lesson in science.

“I appreciate very much having had the opportunity to hear those words, from what I can only describe as an alternate reality, from the one that I inhabit anyway," Whitehouse said after Inhofe's remarks.