Jim McGovern actually said...

"Congresswoman Schakowsky, who couldn't be here, had a proposal that the committee chairs should consult with ranking members before issuing a subpoena."

"I would argue with you that I am all for moments of silence, but that we have done so many moments of silence followed by nothing that they have become empty gestures."

"the reason why I think you feel compelled to bring this idea to the committee is because in the greatest deliberative body in the world, we don't deliberate very much."

"the idea that people here complain about that the executive has too much power, and we have just handed over to the executive the ability to determine where some of these Federal funds that we all all..."