Mark DeSaulnier actually said...

"I don't think so. It may have been a 10 for Tiffany Brown and the Jones brothers, but it surely hasn't been a 10 for the people of Puerto Rico or for the U.S. taxpayer."

"I fear, with this particular initiative--and to be honest, Madam Secretary, with the tone of this hearing--we are doing great damage to that history of bipartisanship."

"I'm not asking for anything from the Federal Government."

"I am becoming more and more of one [a States' rights advocate]."