Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"I think this is the inappropriate way to do it. Instead of working now at this moment to release prisoners of conscience..."

"I was so disappointed and, frankly, absolutely shocked when just a few days after returning to the United States I learned that Nguyen Chi Tuyen... was badly beaten by five plainclothes police officer..."

"I want to hear from you--I guess it is my assumption after listening--if you were advising us you would advise us, given the present circumstances, to vote against the TPP?"

"I opposed granting TPA for a number of reasons but the one major reason is, and I did it in part because I really also want to protect American workers..."