Jim Himes actually said...

"Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for being here. I would love to use my 5 minutes to have you reflect a little bit on shadow banking."

"I want to sort of downplay the importance of this so-called quid pro quo. Quid pro quo is what the defenders of the president are saying is essential for the president to have been guilty of something..."

"I want to emphasize a quid pro quo is not necessary for there to have been an abuse of power."

"Courts have ruled time and time again, including the Supreme Court, that impeachment is sort of Congress at its most powerful."