"the Federal Government historically has been a place that has been open to people facing serious discrimination in the private sector like women, like African Americans"
"I can't visualize who we are talking about as being overpaid within the government workforce."
"the timing of this hearing is at least a bit unusual."
"We have got misplaced priorities, we really do, on this committee, and I think there is a hell of a lot more we could be doing about issues that are real."
"That is ridiculous. That is ridiculous."
"I think the leadership of this committee is actually suppressing a lot of the important issues that really should and in history have been grappled with by this committee."
"I want to note my very strong objection to this committee's refusal to allow Senator Bernie Sanders to testify here today."
"This is not about being able--George Soros being able to channel millions of dollars from a not-for-profit through churches or synagogues or mosques into politics."
"the First Amendment doesn't need a fairness act. The First Amendment is supreme to any statute we might pass."
"You think it's constitutional to ban that."
"Well, we seem to have differences to the facts, because some people seem to think that the First Amendment is working great."