Theodore Deutch actually said...

"So why is it that there is this ongoing denial that we see in some very narrow segments of our government?"

"The proposals in this white paper, coming from ATF, are greatly concerning to a lot of us."

"They would weaken the authority of ATF; they would undermine the Agency's authority to protect public safety."

"If some in the White House want to dismantle the Federal Government, the executive branch, and hollow it out, it is going to make their foreign policy, our foreign policy, ineffective."