Hank Johnson actually said...

"I say I'm very sorry that this nation, which should be limiting the numbers of assault weapons possessed by wrongdoers, does not do its job, and as a result 40,000-plus people are dead."

"Well, it's manufactured into a scandal or into an alleged scandal when, in fact, the scandal, Anderson, has to do with the lack of federal laws, which contribute to the numbers of assault weapons that..."

"I think this was another manufactured controversy by the second amendment NRA Republican Tea Party Movement."

"I'm saying that the means, the manner in which this investigation is being conducted by the House of Representatives through the government Oversight Investigations Committee is scandalous."