Elijah Cummings actually said...

"See, we are the United States of America, and this is about trying to make sure we take care of our own."

"Oh, believe me, I know. Martin Shkreli sat right in the seat that you are sitting in and thumbed his nose at us, called us imbeciles because we wanted to know why his company could raise the price of ..."

"It would have been helpful if you had laid that out from the beginning."

"It is fundamentally unfair and irresponsible to force these witnesses to answer questions about this issue in open session."