Adam Schiff actually said...

"It is simple for the Justice Department. They refused to show up. You cannot just say, I am not going to bother to come."

"The Department of Justice has a duty to act on this referral and others we have sent without enforcement of congressional subpoenas there is no oversight."

"It makes us into kind of a play thing for a despotic president."

"please spare us the nonsense talk about executive privilege"