Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"I just want to say that I found this discussion fascinating, about some of the issues around mining in the United States, but this is not germane to the topic of this bill."

"What this bill does is eviscerate that definition, and says that all minerals now meet that definition, which I think is really not appropriate."

"I don't want to see TPP be achieved at the expense of human rights."

"There is no denying the fact that Vietnam is an oppressive one-party state that has no respect for the rights of its own citizens."