Alan Lowenthal actually said...

I think this is a model for the way the legislature should work, and I am proud to be part of this subcommittee and to state that.

I would like to step back and look at this in terms--as the only Representative here on the panel from southern California.

What do I go home and tell the people in Los Angeles? Where is that focus?

While the concept is indeed novel, it's also reprehensible.