"This committee has an important role to play."
"I find his explanation impossible to be taken seriously."
"I want to commend my colleague on the other side of the aisle, Mr. Connolly, for in that invasion of Crimea he has stood up relentlessly against the Russian action there."
"I think that was a stupid comment. But it was a comment."
"What if these U.S. troops run into the Russians? What is our policy?"
"This issue of collusion is so threatening to our republic we can't just sort of hide this under the rug."
"So I take President Trump at his word."
"I also join my colleague, who is a Republican from San Diego, as well as other colleagues here who are Democrats, in calling for a special prosecutor."
"We do know that Russia launched a massive cyberattack last year and influence campaign to undermine faith in the U.S. democracy."
"I join my colleagues in a call for a 9/11-style bipartisan commission to look at the Trump/Russia ties."
"I have always believed that where there is smoke there is fire. And there is a lot of smoke right now."