Ted Lieu actually said...

"I am in very strong support of what Mr. Lieu is doing, and I think that we have got to move a process forward that allows us to make the inherent contempt power not just latent within our arsenal but ..."

"the reason why the Congress has the power to impeach the President and the President doesn't have the power to impeach us is because we are the lawmaking power and the representatives of the people."

"What we're doing here today is we are planting new thoughts. We're planting new seeds that we hope will blossom into a new way of thinking and building character."

"Americans now see the Senate as a rushed rubber stamp and many of us on this side of the Capitol are forced to agree."