Jim Himes actually said...

"In your agency, you are closely constrained by law and regulation that Congress has imposed."

"I have been doing this for about 5 years, sitting in on this committee, and I don't think I have ever been quite as embarrassed as I am today by the tone and the substance of this hearing or by the wa..."

"once again, I sit down and listen to the majority talk so piously about the need for fiscal responsibility"

"Thank you very much for holding this hearing here in Bridgeport."