Jim Himes actually said...

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

"If you have a congressional subpoena, you show up, full stop."

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

"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..."