Ted Lieu actually said...

"The point of today's hearing is to investigate baseless Republican accusations that Secretary Clinton or her aides ordered the destruction of emails to conceal them from investigators."

"Step one, publicly accuse the witnesses of criminal activity no matter how ludicrous, and then refer them to U.S. Attorneys' Office for criminal investigation."

"I believe this committee is abusing taxpayer dollars and the authority of Congress in an astonishing onslaught of political attacks to damage Secretary Clinton's campaign for President of the United S..."

"I find it absurd that we cannot return foreign nationals that have been convicted of heinous crimes back to their home country."