Thomas McClintock actually said...

"this impeachment inquiry has departed drastically from past bipartisan precedents for Presidential impeachment as well as the fundamental tenets of fair and effective congressional oversight."

"the President or any potential witness to this impeachment inquiry should be allowed to raise defenses without it being used as an adverse inference against him."

"Not one of their hand-picked witnesses provided any firsthand knowledge of the President ordering a quid pro quo."

"What we have become is a perpetual state of impeachment, and that is the problem that everyone on this dais should have."