Jim Risch actually said...

"Tim has had a distinguished career in public service and is exceptionally qualified to serve as the Department of the Interior's Assistant Secretary for Water and Science."

"This talk about lawyers and this talk about standards and proportionality and all the other things that we all talk about is not a discussion that is going to take place in the heat of battle in today..."

"these are pragmatic decisions that have to be made and will be made, and they are not going to be clouded by arguments of an army of lawyers."

"Every single word that has been uttered here this morning in this hearing is going to be analyzed in Pyongyang."