Jim Himes actually said...

"Well, the chairman is just wrong about that. You know, the premise of the Republican memo was that the Steele dossier was essential, that it was absolutely critical, that it was the basis not just of ..."

"Again, remember that the Department of Justice and the FBI -- again, their words, said it would be extremely reckless to release the Republican, the Nunes memo, and the White House said, we don't care..."

"I quite frankly would have been surprised if the White House had let our memo go out at all."

"The White House, the Justice Department and the FBI were very clear that it would be, in their words, extremely reckless to release it."