Jamie Raskin actually said...

"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."

"It's important to my constituents in Maryland, because I have tens of thousands of Federal employees too."