Mike Johnson actually said...

"This is becoming a show."

"If my friends on the other side of the aisle of this committee wanted to do a confirmation hearing, they just ought to said it up front, and if they want to do a confirmation hearing as Senators, run ..."

"We want to damage the President. We want to talk about your private conversations."

"This is not a confirmation hearing. This is a Department of Justice oversight hearing, supposedly."