Jim Himes actually said...

"my God, I mean, in terms of inappropriate, that one of our chief antagonists around the world would have the ability to dangle something in front of the incoming president, you know, is just profoundl..."

"It is very clear to me that given that he goes into this with an adverse opinion on this investigation, he should recuse himself right away."

"To me it's pretty clear that the attorney general is a principle officer and should be Senate confirmed."

"What's important is that there is a mechanism for the special counsel to ask the President whatever questions the special counsel may have, and that's sort of an important constitutional principle tha..."