Brad Sherman actually said...

"If anything, we need another project, and that is to define a security, particularly with regard to the digital world."

"the fact remains that XRP, I think, clearly is a security, and we need enforcement"

"we need to have these answers because this is our constitutional duty as we, according to the Constitution, are the purse bearers for the U.S. Government"

"If XRP is a security, and you think it is and I think it is, why are these crypto exchanges not in violation of the law?"