Jamie Raskin actually said...

"the purpose of the Foreign Emoluments Clause was to guarantee the independence of the President so he would be zealously devoted to the American people."

"We are the lawmaking branch of government. We represent the people. The President's job is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not thwarted, not circumvented, not violated."

"the commonsense perception of this is simply that the President as President of the United States, who oversees GSA, is acting as the landlord."

"It is an absolute constitutional imperative for us to do our jobs, having taken an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States."