Elijah Cummings actually said...

"The Director told members of this committee, including the chairman, that this threat made him feel and his department feel--he said 'it was chilling.'"

"We're at the bridge."

"What we are witnessing, ladies and gentlemen, simply is not normal. This is not normal, and we must never let it become normal."

"We want to make sure that every single inspector general has been told, in no uncertain terms, that their jobs are safe."